Culture and inflation in Weimar Germany

Culture and inflation in Weimar Germany / Bernd Widdig.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Widdig, Bernd
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Series:Weimar and now ; 26.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Inflation (Finance) > Germany > History.
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Money in literature.
Antisemitism > Germany > History > 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Inflation.
Antisemitism
Civilization
Economic policy
German literature
Inflation (Finance)
Money in literature
Social conditions
Geschichte
Inflation
Kultur
Kunst
Weimarer Republik
Wirtschaft
Germany > Social conditions > 1918-1933.
Germany > History > 1918-1933.
Germany > Economic policy > 1918-1933.
Germany > Civilization > 20th century.
Germany
Deutschland
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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