Vertigo : the rise and fall of Weimar Germany, 1918-1933 / Harald J̃hner ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jähner, Harald, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Whiteside, Shaun, translator.

Standardized Title:

Höhenrausch. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Germany--History--1918-1933.

Germany.

Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.

Germany--Social conditions--1918-1933.

Germany--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

Physical Description:

xviii, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Rise and fall of Weimar Germany 1918-1933.

Place of Publication:

London : WH Allen, 2024.

Summary:

"Germany, 1918: a country in flux. The First World War is over, the nation defeated. Revolution is afoot, the monarchy has fallen and the victory of democracy beckons. Everything must change with the times. Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launches an unprecedented political project- its first democratic government. The Weimar Republic is established. The years that follow see political extremism, economic upheaval, revolutionary violence and the transformation of Germany. Tradition is shaken to its core as a triumphant procession of liberated lifestyles emerges. Women conquer the racetracks and tennis courts, go out alone in the evenings, cut their hair short and cast the idea of marriage aside. Unisex style comes into fashion, androgynous and experimental. People revel in the discovery of leisure, filling up boxing halls, dance palaces and the hotspots of the New Age, embracing the department stores' promise of happiness and accepting the streets as a place of fierce political battles. In this short burst of life between the wars, amidst a frenzy of change, comes a backlash from those who do not see themselves reflected in the new Republic. Little by little, deep divisions begin to emerge. Divisions that would bring devastating consequences, altering the course of the twentieth century and the lives of millions around the world. Vertigo is a vital, kaleidoscopic portrait of a pivotal moment in German history"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Preface: the new life

When the war came home

When money dies

Extreme living

'Destinies behind typewriters'

the supporting class of the new age

Precarious balance: the death of Ebert, the arrival of Hindenberg

Traffic as the art of citizenship

The Charleston years

Self-optimisation: perfecting leisure and the body

Between woman and man

gender doubts

The work runs out

The mood plummets, taste adapts

cultural conflicts in a time of depression

Evening over Potsdam

the end of a community of communication

Lonely elites

cabinet politics vs populism

The end: Chancellor Hitler

Epilogue.

Notes:

First published as "Höhenrausch: Das kurze Leben zwischen den Kriegen" by Rowohlt Berlin, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780753559970

0753559978

9780753559963

075355996X

OCLC:

1391214842

Publisher Number:

99996680092