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Founding Weimar : violence and the German Revolution of 1918-1919 / Mark Jones, University College Dublin.
LIBRA DD248 .J65 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Mark, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political atrocities.
- History.
- Political violence.
- Revolutions.
- Germany--History--Revolution, 1918.
- Germany.
- Germany--History--1918-1933.
- Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.
- Politics and government.
- Revolutions--Germany--History--20th century.
- Political violence--Germany--History--20th century.
- Political atrocities--Germany--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 380 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Violence and the German Revolution of 1918-1919
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- "The German Revolution of 1918-19 was a transformative moment of modern European history. It was both the end of the German Empire and the First World War, as well as the birth of the Weimar Republic, the short-lived democracy that preceded the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship. A time of great political drama, the revolution saw unprecedented levels of mass mobilisation and political violence, including the 'Spartacist Uprising' of January 1919, the murders of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, and the violent suppression of strikes and the Munich Councils' Republic. Drawing upon the historiography of the French Revolution, Founding Weimar is the first study to place crowds and the politics of the streets at the heart of the revolution's history. Carefully argued and meticulously researched, it will appeal to anyone with an interest in the relationship between violence, revolution, and state-formation, as well as in the history of modern Germany."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- La grande peur of November 1918
- Karl Liebknecht and the Spartacist threat
- Terror and order
- The edge of the abyss
- The January uprising
- Atrocities and remobilization
- Weimar's order to execute
- Death in Munich.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781107115125
- 1107115124
- OCLC:
- 950751147
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