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Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy

by Eric D. Weitz
$11.90
Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy - Thryft
Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy - Thryft

Fascinating dive into Weimar's progressive, turbulent era.

"Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy" offers more than just a history lesson; it’s a ticket back to the 1920s Berlin, where every corner buzzed with avant-garde art, revolutionary ideas, and a stirring hope for democracy. Eric Weitz doesn't merely narrate; he transports you to the cobblestones of a modernizing city, introducing you to the era's visionaries while soberly revealing the societal cracks that would lead to a darker chapter. If you're intrigued by history that reads like a well-paced novel, and the idea of exploring a pivotal time that echoed through the century, then this book will satisfy that craving while providing poignant context for today’s world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy

by Eric D. Weitz
$11.90
ISBN: 9780691157962
Authors: Eric D. Weitz
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date of Publication: 2013-05-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Politics
Related Topics: World History, European History, Historical, Politics, History
Goodreads rating: 3.91
(rated by 986 readers)

Description

Weimar Germany still fascinates us, and now this complex and remarkably creative period and place has the history it deserves. Eric Weitz's "Weimar Germany" reveals the Weimar era as a time of strikingly progressive achievements--and even greater promise. With a rich thematic narrative and detailed portraits of some of Weimar's greatest figures, this comprehensive history recaptures the excitement and drama as it unfolded, viewing Weimar in its own right--and not as a mere prelude to the Nazi era. "Weimar Germany" tells how Germans rose from the defeat of World War I and the turbulence of revolution to forge democratic institutions and make Berlin a world capital of avant-garde art. Setting the stage for this story, Weitz takes the reader on a walking tour of Berlin to see and feel what life was like there in the 1920s, when modernity and the modern city--with its bright lights, cinemas, "new women," cabarets, and sleek department stores--were new. We learn how Germans enjoyed better working conditions and new social benefits and listened to the utopian prophets of everything from radical socialism to communal housing to nudism. "Weimar Germany" also explores the period's revolutionary cultural creativity, from the new architecture of Erich Mendelsohn, Bruno Taut, and Walter Gropius to Hannah Hoch's photomontages and Bertolt Brecht and
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Fascinating dive into Weimar's progressive, turbulent era.

"Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy" offers more than just a history lesson; it’s a ticket back to the 1920s Berlin, where every corner buzzed with avant-garde art, revolutionary ideas, and a stirring hope for democracy. Eric Weitz doesn't merely narrate; he transports you to the cobblestones of a modernizing city, introducing you to the era's visionaries while soberly revealing the societal cracks that would lead to a darker chapter. If you're intrigued by history that reads like a well-paced novel, and the idea of exploring a pivotal time that echoed through the century, then this book will satisfy that craving while providing poignant context for today’s world.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.