This book conjures up many different images - on the one hand a flowering of avant-garde culture and of what was probably the most advanced social-welfare system in the world during the 1920s, and on the other hand a failed experiment in democracy characterized by political instability, economic catastrophe, and social conflict that was finally overwhelmed by the brown-shirted hordes of the Nazi movement. Few political systems have held such promise and ended in such spectacular failure as the Weimar Republic. This book is about a modern industrial society in crisis. It combines a thematic approach - examining such topics as the demographic and economic development of modern Germany, the relationship of state and society, and the impact of culture upon politics - with a narrative in which the main outlines of the history of the Weimar Republic are examined. This book is designed to be of interest to students of modern German and European history.
- ISBN10 071316610X
- ISBN13 9780713166101
- Publish Date 1 May 2006
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 11 September 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Hodder Arnold
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English