Britain and the Weimar Republic

Britain and the Weimar Republic

Author: Colin Storer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2010-09-30

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0857718487

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Between the two world wars, Germany managed - despite all the political upheavals it was experiencing - to attract extremely large numbers of British travellers and tourists. During the Weimar period in particular, Germany attracted visitors from virtually every section of British society. In this book, Colin Storer moves beyond the traditional scholarly focus on figures such as Christopher Isherwood and John Maynard Keynes to provide the first broad comparative study of British intellectual attitudes towards Weimar Germany. Based on original research and using striking examples from intellectual life and literature it highlights the diversity of British attitudes, challenges received opinions on areas such as the 'inevitable collapse' of the Republic, and seeks to establish why Weimar Germany was so appealing to such a variety of individuals.


A Short History of the Weimar Republic

A Short History of the Weimar Republic

Author: Colin Storer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-04-10

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0857733559

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It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar Republic. The brief fourteen-year period of democracy between the Treaty of Versailles and the advent of the Third Reich was marked by unstable government, economic crisis and hyperinflation and the rise of extremist political movements. At the same time, however, a vibrant cultural scene flourished, which continues to influence the international art world through the aesthetics of Expressionism and the Bauhaus movement. In the fields of art, literature, theatre, cinema, music and architecture – not to mention science – Germany became a world leader during the 1920s, while her perilous political and economic position ensured that no US or European statesman could afford to ignore her. Incorporating original research and a synthesis of the existing historiography, this book will provide students and a general readership with a clear and concise introduction to the history of the first German Republic.


November 1918

November 1918

Author: Robert Gerwarth

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0199546479

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The story of an epochal event in German history, this is also the story of the most important revolution that you might never have heard of.


The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic

The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic

Author: Nadine Rossol

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 849

ISBN-13: 0198845774

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The Weimar Republic was a turbulent and pivotal period of German and European history and a laboratory of modernity. The Oxford Handbook of the Weimar Republic provides an unsurpassed panorama of German history from 1918 to 1933, offering an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the fascinating history of the Weimar Republic.


Sex and the Weimar Republic

Sex and the Weimar Republic

Author: Laurie Marhoefer

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1442619570

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Liberated, licentious, or merely liberal, the sexual freedoms of Germany’s Weimar Republic have become legendary. The home of the world’s first gay rights movement, the republic embodied a progressive, secular vision of sexual liberation. Immortalized – however misleadingly – in Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories and the musical Cabaret, Weimar’s freedoms have become a touchstone for the politics of sexual emancipation. Yet, as Laurie Marhoefer shows in Sex and Weimar Republic, those sexual freedoms were only obtained at the expense of a minority who were deemed sexually disordered. In Weimar Germany, the citizen’s right to sexual freedom came with a duty to keep sexuality private, non-commercial, and respectable. Sex and the Weimar Republic examines the rise of sexual tolerance through the debates which surrounded “immoral” sexuality: obscenity, male homosexuality, lesbianism, transgender identity, heterosexual promiscuity, and prostitution. It follows the sexual politics of a swath of Weimar society ranging from sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld to Nazi stormtrooper Ernst Röhm. Tracing the connections between toleration and regulation, Marhoefer’s observations remain relevant to the politics of sexuality today.


Britain and the Weimar Republic

Britain and the Weimar Republic

Author: Francis Ludwig Carsten

Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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See the index for references to antisemitism in Germany and among British diplomats.


Rethinking Democracy

Rethinking Democracy

Author: Andrew Gamble

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2019-01-04

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1119554772

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"There's never been a more pressing time to question every aspect of our inadequate democracy"- Polly Toynbee "This important book shows the many challenges democracy faces in a world of populism and radical digital change" - Margaret Hodge 2018 saw celebrations of the centenary of the Representation of the People Act which marked a decisive step towards full universal suffrage - this collection of essays explores the problems of democracy and suggests ways it might now be extended and deepened. Investigates if democracy is an unfinished revolution and if democratic politics is currently in retreat Demonstrates how democratic politics is once again under attack - this time from populist nationalists, authoritarian rulers and new forms of political communication Argues that if we lose the art of active citizenship, we will lose the freedoms and the rights which democracy has bestowed


The Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic

Author: Detlev Peukert

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1993-09

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780809015566

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About half of Kolb's compact book is devoted to a "Historical Survey," chronologically divided at the conventional watersheds of 1923-24 and 1929-30. A briefer second part, a historiographical essay in seven topical chapters, is followed by a seven-page chronology, a 676-item classified and topical bibliography, and an index. The bibliography, updated to February 1987, includes some English-language titles not in the original German edition, and is a list of tremendous value. Frequent references to individual entries (as well as to some works not found there) tie the bibliography to the historiographical essay, which is characterized by fair and judicious appraisal of interpretations of the period, even when Kolb clearly disagrees. There is a chapter on the revolution of 1918 and its aftermath in the first section, and one on art and mass culture in the second; each section of the survey also has one chapter focusing on foreign policy, and one on domestic developments.


The Germanic Isle

The Germanic Isle

Author: Gerwin Strobl

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-10-26

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780521782654

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An account of Nazi preoccupation with Britain as a role model, even during the war.


The Weimar Republic Sourcebook

The Weimar Republic Sourcebook

Author: Anton Kaes

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 836

ISBN-13: 9780520067745

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Reproduces (translated into English) contemporary documents or writings with an introduction to each section.