Weimar Germany Promise and Tragedy - New and Expanded Edition

Name: Weimar Germany Promise and Tragedy - New and Expanded Edition
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ISBN: 9780691157962

ISBN-10: 0691157960

ISBN-13: 9780691157962

Edition: 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Eric D. Weitz

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Weimar Germany still fascinates us, and now this complex and remarkably creative period and place has the history it deserves. Eric Weitz'sWeimar Germanyreveals the Weimar era as a time of strikingly progressive achievements--and even greater promise. With a rich thematic narrative and detailed portraits of some of Weimar's greatest figures, this comprehensive history recaptures the excitement and drama as it unfolded, viewing Weimar in its own right--and not as a mere prelude to the Nazi era.Weimar Germanytells how Germans rose from the defeat of World War I and the turbulence of revolution to forge democratic institutions and make Berlin a world capital of avant-garde art. Setting the…

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List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 6/14/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 488
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Introduction



A Troubled Beginning



Walking the City



Political Worlds



A Turbulent Economy and an Anxious Society



Building a New Germany



Sound and Image



Culture and Mass Society



Bodies and Sex



Revolution and Counterrevolution from the Right



The Weimar Legacy: A Global Perspective


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliographic Essay


Acknowledgments


Index