Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
by Harald Jähner
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"Germany, 1918: a country in flux. The First World War is over, the nation defeated. Revolution is afoot, the monarchy has fallen and the victory of democracy beckons. Everything must change with the times. Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launches an unprecedented political project- its first democratic government. The Weimar Republic is established. The years that follow see political extremism, economic upheaval, revolutionary violence and the transformation of Germany. show more Tradition is shaken to its core as a triumphant procession of liberated lifestyles emerges. Women conquer the racetracks and tennis courts, go out alone in the evenings, cut their hair short and cast the idea of marriage aside. Unisex style comes into fashion, androgynous and experimental. People revel in the discovery of leisure, filling up boxing halls, dance palaces and the hotspots of the New Age, embracing the department stores' promise of happiness and accepting the streets as a place of fierce political battles. In this short burst of life between the wars, amidst a frenzy of change, comes a backlash from those who do not see themselves reflected in the new Republic. Little by little, deep divisions begin to emerge. Divisions that would bring devastating consequences, altering the course of the twentieth century and the lives of millions around the world. Vertigo is a vital, kaleidoscopic portrait of a pivotal moment in German history"--Publisher's description. show lessTags
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ספר מדהים על תקופה מדהימה. המיוחד בו זה העיסוק הרב לא בפוליטיקה כי אם בתרבות ובסוציולולגיה של האזרחים. האומנים, האיכרים, הנשים, מי רקד עם מי ומתי, מי קרא מה ולמה, מה שתו ומה אכלו ומה קראו. פנינה של ממש
This is a very thorough and insight social history of Weimar Germany.
For those looking for a political history of the period, one will find that only the last couple chapters of this book deal with the politics of the fall of the Republic. For those interested in the social history of the period, this serves as an excellent book.
For those looking for a political history of the period, one will find that only the last couple chapters of this book deal with the politics of the fall of the Republic. For those interested in the social history of the period, this serves as an excellent book.
Engrossing history and culture of Weimar Germany.
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- Canonical title*
- Hoogteroes Duitsland en de Duitsers tussen twee oorlogen
- Original title
- Höhenrausch, Das kurze Leben zwischen den Kriegen
- Original publication date
- 2022
- Important places
- Weimar Republic
- Important events
- Founding of the Weimar Republic; Rise of the Third Reich
- Dedication*
- Voor mijn broer Uli, die dit boek niet meer heeft kunnen lezen.
- Publisher's editor*
- De Arbeiderspers
- Blurbers
- McKay, Sinclair; Hawes, James; Boyd, Julia; Kampfner, John
- Original language*
- Duits
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- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 943.085 — History & geography History of Europe Central Europe: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech, Poland, Hungary Historical periods of Germany Germany 1866- Weimar Republic 1918-1933
- LCC
- DD237 .H6413 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Germany History of Germany History By period Modern, 1519- 19th-20th centuries Revolution and Republic, 1918-
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