Culture and inflation in Weimar Germany /

For many Germans the hyperinflation of 1914-1923 was one of the most decisive experiences of the 20th century. This study investigates the effects of that inflation on German culture during the Weimar Republic.

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Tác giả chính: Widdig, Bernd
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Loạt:Weimar and now ; 26.
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  • Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Money Matters: Culture and Inflation; 2. Flirting with Disaster; 3. Daily Explosions: Canetti's Inflation; 4. Under the Sign of Zero: Money and Inflation; 5. Uncanny Encounters: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler; 6. Visions of Work: Hugo Stinnes and His Doubles; 7. Cultural Capital in Decline: Inflation and the Distress of Intellectuals; 8. Witches Dancing: Gender and Inflation; 9. Aftershocks: Inflation, National Socialism, and Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index.