The Weimar Republic 1919-1933.

By: Henig, RuthMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Lancaster Pamphlets SerPublisher: London : Routledge, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (108 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203046234Subject(s): Germany -- Economic policy -- 1918-1933 | Germany -- Historiography -- 20th century | Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933 | Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933 | National socialismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Weimar Republic 1919-1933DDC classification: 943.085 LOC classification: DD240 -- .H42 2002ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronology -- 1 The birth of Weimar -- A dynamic but deeply divided society -- The impact of the First World War -- The German revolution of 1918-19 -- The Weimar constitution -- 2 The struggle for survival, 1919-23 -- The Versailles Treaty -- The recovery of the right, 1919-21 -- The Kapp putsch -- The 1920 elections and ensuing political instability -- The struggle against Versailles -- The occupation of the Ruhr, 1923-4 -- 3 Consolidation and confrontation -- 1924-8: the 'golden years'? -- Political developments -- Stresemann's foreign policy -- Economic recovery -- Oppostion to the Weimar system of government by 1928 -- 4 The collapse of Weimar -- The onset of the depression, 1928-30 -- Brüning and the great depression, 1930-2 -- Presidential rule to Nazi rule: June 1932-January 1933 -- 5 Weimar in retrospect -- Further reading.
Summary: This book represents a much-needed reappraisal of Germany between the wars, examining the political, social and economic aims of the new republic, their failure and how they led to Nazism and eventually the Second World War. The author includes: * an examination of the legacy of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles * discussion of the early years of crisis culminating in the Ruhr Invasion and the Dawes Settlement * assessment of the leadership of Stresemann and Bruning * exploration of the circumstances leading to the rise of Hitler * an outline of the historiography of the Weimar Republic.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chronology -- 1 The birth of Weimar -- A dynamic but deeply divided society -- The impact of the First World War -- The German revolution of 1918-19 -- The Weimar constitution -- 2 The struggle for survival, 1919-23 -- The Versailles Treaty -- The recovery of the right, 1919-21 -- The Kapp putsch -- The 1920 elections and ensuing political instability -- The struggle against Versailles -- The occupation of the Ruhr, 1923-4 -- 3 Consolidation and confrontation -- 1924-8: the 'golden years'? -- Political developments -- Stresemann's foreign policy -- Economic recovery -- Oppostion to the Weimar system of government by 1928 -- 4 The collapse of Weimar -- The onset of the depression, 1928-30 -- Brüning and the great depression, 1930-2 -- Presidential rule to Nazi rule: June 1932-January 1933 -- 5 Weimar in retrospect -- Further reading.

This book represents a much-needed reappraisal of Germany between the wars, examining the political, social and economic aims of the new republic, their failure and how they led to Nazism and eventually the Second World War. The author includes: * an examination of the legacy of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles * discussion of the early years of crisis culminating in the Ruhr Invasion and the Dawes Settlement * assessment of the leadership of Stresemann and Bruning * exploration of the circumstances leading to the rise of Hitler * an outline of the historiography of the Weimar Republic.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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