Weimar Republic 1919-1933

Name: Weimar Republic 1919-1933
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ISBN: 9780415132848

ISBN-10: 0415132843

ISBN-13: 9780415132848

Edition: 1998

Authors: Ruth Henig

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The Weimar Republic presents a much-needed reappraisal of Germany between the wars, examining the political, social and economic aims of the new republic, their failure and how they led to Nazism and eventually World War II.

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 112
Size: 7.28" wide x 8.50" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Dr Ruth Henig CBE is an academic historian and Labour Party politician. She was awarded a PhD in history from Lancaster University in 1978. In April 2006 she was one of six people to receive the first Honorary Fellowships of Lancaster University. She has written three Lancaster Pamphlets and her other books include (with Chris Culpin and Eric Evans) Modern Europe 1870-1945 (1997), and (with Simon Henig) Women and Political Power: Europe Since 1945 (2000).



Foreword


Preface


Chronology



The birth of Weimar


A dynamic but deeply divided society


The impact of the First World War


The German revolution of 1918-19


The Weimar constitution



The struggle for survival, 1919-23


The Versailles Treaty


The recovery of the right, 1919-21


The Kapp putsch


The 1920 elections and ensuing political instability


The struggle against Versailles


The occupation of the Ruhr, 1923-4



Consolidation and confrontation


1924-8: the 'golden years'?


Political developments


Stresemann's foreign policy


Economic recovery


Oppostion to the Weimar system of government by 1928



The collapse of Weimar


The onset of the depression, 1928-30


Burning and the great depression, 1930-2


Presidential rule to Nazi rule: June 1932-January 1933



Weimar in retrospect


Further reading