Vertigo : the rise and fall of Weimar Germany 1918-1933
Jähner, Harald, 1953-2024
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Place reservation for Vertigo : the rise and fall of Weimar Germany 1918-1933Germany, 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. 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.
Main title:
Vertigo : the rise and fall of Weimar Germany 1918-1933 / by Harald Jähner ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.
Author:
Jähner, Harald, 1953-Whiteside, Shaun, translator
Imprint:
London : WH Allen, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
xviii, 454 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published as: Höhenrausch. Berlin : Rowohlt Berlin Verlag, 2022.Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9780753559970 (paperback)
Dewey class:
943.085
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
461069
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 943.085 VER | Onloan - Due: 13 Oct 2024 |
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