Culture and Inflation in Weimar Germany"A landmark study. . . . Widdig's energetic account uses an interdisciplinary approach to reveal how economic anxieties were powerfully symptomatic of larger social and cultural issues."—Maria Tatar, author of Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany "Bernd Widdig displays sharp intelligence and uncommon wit in this brilliant study of culture and inflation. Following the explosions in politics and culture that the inflation detonated from the end of World War I to the rise of the Nazis, this book is a bold and original meditation on modernity and money and the trauma of oblivion. It is a masterful, illuminating analysis."—Peter Fritzsche, author of Reading Berlin 1900 "Widdig's account of the cultural impact of the German hyperinflation adds an important dimension to the history of interwar Germany. He brings a unique perspective to the interaction between popular culture and political and economic decisions in the twentieth century. This fascinating book raises intriguing questions for economic and political historians."—Peter Temin, author of Lessons from the Great Depression |
Contents
Culture and Inflation | 3 |
FIGURES | 8 |
The German Inflation | 33 |
Canettis Inflation | 53 |
Dr Mabuse the Gambler | 113 |
Hugo Stinnes and His Doubles | 134 |
ACCOUNTS | 140 |
Inflation and | 169 |
Gender and Inflation | 196 |
Inflation National Socialism and Beyond | 223 |
Notes | 235 |
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