Culture and inflation in Weimar Germany / / Bernd Widdig

• Autore: Widdig Bernd
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.4/1/094309042
• Soggetto topico: Inflation (Finance) - Germany - History; German literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Money in literature; Antisemitism - Germany - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Germany Civilization 20th century; Germany Social conditions 1918-1933; Germany History 1918-1933; Germany Economic policy 1918-1933
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Money Matters: Culture and Inflation; 2. Flirting with Disaster; 3. Daily Explosions: Canetti's Inflation; 4. Under the Sign of Zero: Money and Inflation; 5. Uncanny Encounters: Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler; 6. Visions of Work: Hugo Stinnes and His Doubles; 7. Cultural Capital in Decline: Inflation and the Distress of Intellectuals; 8. Witches Dancing: Gender and Inflation; 9. Aftershocks: Inflation, National Socialism, and Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For many Germans the hyperinflation of 1922 to 1923 was one of the most decisive experiences of the twentieth century. In his original and authoritative study, Bernd Widdig investigates the effects of that inflation on German culture during the Weimar Republic.
• Titolo autorizzato: Culture and inflation in Weimar Germany
• ISBN: 0-520-92470-3; 1-59734-563-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828683603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Weimar and now ; ; 26.