Culture and inflation in Weimar Germany

For many Germans the hyperinflation of 1914-1923 was one of the most decisive experiences of the 20th century. This study investigates the effects of that inflation on German culture during the Weimar Republic.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Widdig, Bernd (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press 2001.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Weimar and now ; 26.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.