The Weimar Republic Sourcebook /
Reproduces (translated into English) contemporary documents or writings with an introduction to each section.
| Altri autori: | , , |
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
| Pubblicazione: |
Berkeley, CA :
University of California Press
[2020]
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| Edizione: | "A Centennial Book", Reprint 2020. |
| Serie: | Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism ;
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501352 |
Sommario:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Legacy of the War
- 2. Revolution and the Birth of the Republic
- 3. Economic Upheaval: Rationalization, Inflation, and Depression
- 4. Coming to Terms with Democracy
- 5. The Rise of Nazism
- 6. The Struggle against Fascism
- Pictures
- 7. White-Collar Workers: Mitlelsland or Middle Class?
- 8. The Rise of the New Woman
- 9. Forging a Proletarian Culture
- 10. The Jewish Community: Renewal, Redefinition, Resistance
- Pictures
- 11. Redefining the Role of the Intellectuals
- 12. Critical Theory and the Search for a New Left
- 13. Revolution from the Right
- 14. Cultural Pessimism: Diagnoses of Decline
- Pictures
- 15. Imagining America: Fordism and Technology
- 16. Berlin and the Countryside
- 17. Designing the New World: Modern Architecture and the Bauhaus
- 18. Housing for the Masses
- 19. From Dada to the New Objectivity: Art and Politics
- Pictures
- 20. Literature: High and Low
- 21. Theater, Politics, and the Public Sphere
- 22. The Roaring Twenties: Cabaret and Urban Entertainment
- 23. Music for Use: Gebrauchsmusik and Opera
- 24. New Mass Media: Radio and Gramophone
- 25. Cinema from Expressionism to Social Realism
- Pictures
- 26. Visual Culture: Illustrated Press and Photography
- 27. Visions of Plenty: Mass Consumption, Fashion, and Advertising
- 28. The Cult of the Body: Lebensreform, Sports, and Dance
- 29. Sexuality: Private Rights versus Social Norms
- 30. On the Margins of the Law: Vice, Crime, and the Social Order
- Biographies
- Political Chronology
- Selected Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index