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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783296003321

Autore

Henig Ruth B (Ruth Beatrice)

Titolo

The Weimar Republic, 1919-1933 / / Ruth Henig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-84545-460-X

1-134-78683-2

1-134-78684-0

1-280-32981-5

0-203-28715-0

9780203287150

0-203-04623-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Collana

Lancaster pamphlets

Disciplina

943.085

Soggetti

National socialism

Germany Politics and government 1918-1933

Germany Economic policy 1918-1933

Germany Social conditions 1918-1933

Germany Historiography 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-87).

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chronology; The birth of Weimar; The struggle for survival, 1919  23; Consolidation and confrontation; The collapse of Weimar; Weimar in retrospect; Further reading

Sommario/riassunto

This book represents a much-needed reappraisal of Germany between the wars, examining the political, social and economic aims of the new republic, their failure and how they led to Nazism and eventually the Second World War. The author includes:* an examination of the legacy of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles* discussion of the early years of crisis culminating in the Ruhr Invasion and the Dawes Settlement* assessment of the leadership of Stresemann and Bruning* exploration of the circumstances leading to the rise of Hitler* an outline of the historiography