Author: New York (State). Legislature. AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 1668
Book Description
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 1668
Book Description
Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis
Author: Volker UllrichPublisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1324093471
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
From the New York Times best-selling historian comes a gripping account of the crisis of the Weimar Republic, when hyperinflation and political upheaval threatened to unravel a new experiment in democracy. As the great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography, written in exile, “I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions.” He was referring to the situation in Germany in 1923. It was a “year of lunacy,” defined by hyperinflation, a political system on the verge of collapse, and separatist movements that threatened Germany’s territorial integrity. Most significantly, Adolf Hitler launched his infamous Beer Hall Putsch in Munich—a failed coup that nonetheless drew international attention and demonstrated the Nazis’ ruthless determination to seize power. In Germany 1923, award-winning historian Volker Ullrich draws on letters, memoirs, newspaper articles, and other sources from the time to present a captivating new history of those explosive twelve months. The crisis began when the French invaded the Ruhr Valley in January to force Germany to pay the reparations it owed under the Treaty of Versailles, which had ended the Great War. For years, German leaders had embraced inflationary policies to finance the costs of defeat, and, as Ullrich demonstrates, the invasion utterly destroyed the value of the German mark. Before the war, the exchange rate was 4.2 marks to the dollar. By November 20, 1923, a dollar was worth an incomprehensible 4.2 trillion marks, and a loaf of bread cost 200 billion. Facing the abyss, many ordinary Germans called for a national messiah. Among the figures to vie for that role was Hitler, a thirty-four-year-old veteran who possessed a uniquely malevolent personal magnetism. Although the Nazi coup in November was put down and Hitler arrested, the putsch showed just how tenuous the first German democracy, the Weimar Republic, was at its core. As Ullrich’s panoramic narrative reveals, other Germans responded to the successive crises by launching a cultural revolution: 1923 witnessed the emergence of a multitude of new movements, from Dada to Bauhaus, and of such iconoclasts as Bertolt Brecht, George Grosz, and Franz Kafka. Yet most observers were amazed that the Weimar Republic was able to survive, and the more astute realized that the feral undercurrents unleashed could lead to much worse. Publishing a century after that fateful year, Germany 1923 is a riveting chronicle of one of the most challenging times any modern democracy has faced, one with haunting parallels to our own political moment.
Kimber's Record of Insurance Company Security Purchases During the Year ...
Author: The Statist
Author: Best's Insurance Reports
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fire insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
"Best's insurance reports ... upon American and foreign joint-stock companies, American mutual companies, inter-insurance associations, and individual underwriting organizations" varies.
Poor's Manual of Railroads
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1660
Book Description
"With an appendix containing a full analysis of the debts of the United States, the several states, municipalities etc. Also statements of street railway and traction companies, industrial corporations, etc." (statement omitted on later vols.).
Parliaments and the Economic Governance of the European Union
Author: Aleksandra MaatschPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1315387255
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Positioned parties: evidence from the crisp-set QCA analysis -- Parties with 'double' positioning and the 'salient' ones -- Interpretation of the results -- Conclusions -- 7 Conclusions -- Approval of anti-crisis measures -- Control and representative functions -- Talking shop or deliberative body? -- Future challenge: national parliaments within the European semester -- References -- Index
Südostasien aktuell
Author: Polec
Author: Harry BackPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3112316789
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
No detailed description available for "Polec".
Weimar and Nazi Germany
Author: Stephen J. LeePublisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435309206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
This text is one in a series that meets the requirements of the revised GCSE syllabus. Looking at Nazi Germany, it covers the ghettos, propaganda and the individual's role, providing source material. There are exam questions at the end of each unit. A simplified foundation edition is available.