Author

Publication

2016 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

100,000 words, Guess

Page Count

400 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107115125
  • ISBN-101107115124
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016024321
  • OCLC Control Number950751147
  • Better World Books9781107115125
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCDD248.J65 2016
  • LCCDD248 .J65 2016

Description

"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.

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Other Editions

  • Founding Weimar: Violence and Politics in the German Revolution 1918-1919Cambridge University Press2016-01-01

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