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Walther Rathenau [[electronic resource] ] : Weimar's fallen statesman / / Shulamit Volkov



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Autore: Volkov Shulamit <1942-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Walther Rathenau [[electronic resource] ] : Weimar's fallen statesman / / Shulamit Volkov Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
Disciplina: 943.085092
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Soggetto topico: Jews - Germany
Statesmen - Germany
Soggetto geografico: Germany Politics and government 1918-1933
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Classificazione: NQ 1622
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. A German Jew In The Making -- 2. A Man Of Many Talents -- 3. Incursions Into Politics -- 4. Captain Of Industry, Literary Star, Lonely Man -- 5. Hitting The Glass Ceiling -- 6. Politician Manqué, Prophet With A Vengeance -- 7. Fulfillment And Catastrophe -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: This deeply informed biography of Walther Rathenau (1867-1922) tells of a man who-both thoroughly German and unabashedly Jewish-rose to leadership in the German War-Ministry Department during the First World War, and later to the exalted position of foreign minister in the early days of the Weimar Republic. His achievement was unprecedented-no Jew in Germany had ever attained such high political rank. But Rathenau's success was marked by tragedy: within months he was assassinated by right-wing extremists seeking to destroy the newly formed Republic.Drawing on Rathenau's papers and on a depth of knowledge of both modern German and German-Jewish history, Shulamit Volkov creates a finely drawn portrait of this complex man who struggled with his Jewish identity yet treasured his "otherness." Volkov also places Rathenau in the dual context of Imperial and Weimar Germany and of Berlin's financial and intellectual elite. Above all, she illuminates the complex social and psychological milieu of German Jewry in the period before Hitler's rise to power.
Titolo autorizzato: Walther Rathenau  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-42604-8
9786613426048
0-300-17847-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910457907903321
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Serie: Jewish lives.