CONTENTS 
Preface XI 
Map XIV 
I Prehistoric and Medieval Times 1
II The Age of the Reformation 14 
Ill The Consolidation of Prussia 29 
IV The Age of Enlightenment 55 
V Romanticism 89 
VI Realism and Revolution 114 
VII The Self-Assurance of Empire 153 
VIII The Years of the Weimar Republic 210 
IX Nazi Berlin 262 
X Two Berlins 287
Postscript 386 
Sources 393 
Bibliography 398 
Illustration Credits 404 
Index 406