Bibliograph

The Weimar Republic, the crisis of classical modernity, Detlev Peukert ; translated by Richard Deveson

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Label

The Weimar Republic, the crisis of classical modernity, Detlev Peukert ; translated by Richard Deveson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Weimar Republic

Oclc number

24951892

Responsibility statement

Detlev Peukert ; translated by Richard Deveson

Sub title

the crisis of classical modernity

Table Of Contents

Introduction. The Weimar Republic and the continuity of German history -- New directions, 1918-23. Old legacies and a new start, 1918-1919 ; The post-war crisis, 1920-23 -- Modernization and its tensions. Generation gaps and emancipatory struggles ; The post-war economy : rationalization and structural crisis ; The welfare state : expansion and crisis ; Social milieux and political formations ; Mass culture and the neue Sachlichkeit ; "Americanism" versus Kulturkritik -- Deceptive stability, 1924-9. Revisionist alternatives in foreign policy ; The illusion of domestic stability ; The fragmentation of the political culture -- Total crisis, 1930-33. The world economic crisis ; The erosion of options -- Review : the crisis of classical modernity

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