Vertigo

Harald Jähner

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Germany, 1918: a country in flux. The First World War is lost, traditional values are shaken to their core, revolution is afoot and the victory of democracy beckons. Everything must change with the times. The country is abuzz with talk of the 'new woman', the 'new man', 'new living' and 'new thinking'. What follows is the establishment of the Weimar Republic, an economic crisis and the transformation of Germany. 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 battles.


Author(s): Jähner, Harald
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 20/06/2024
Pagination: 480 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: WH Allen
Published By: WH Allen
Book Classification: European history|Social & cultural history|Fascism & Nazism|Political structures: democracy
Dimensions: 242x163x40
Weight: 707
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780753559963

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