Germany after the First World War / Richard Bessel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bessel, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--Social conditions--1918-1933.

Germany.

Germany--History--1918-1933.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 325 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A social history of Germany in the years following WWI, this book explores the devastating social and psychological consequences of Germany's defeat and subsequent demobilization offering insights into the sense of dislocation, both personal and national, experienced by Germany and Germans in the 1920s and its damaging legacy for German democracy.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. German Society During the First World War; 2. Wartime Planning for Post-war Demobilization; 3. The Return of the Soldiers; 4. The Demobilization of the Economy; 5. Demobilization and Labour; 6. Demobilization and Housing; 7. Demobilization in the Countryside; 8. The Post-war Transition and the Moral Order; 9. The Legacy of the First World War and Weimar Politics; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-19-159212-9