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001 2014012712
003 DLC
005 20140930082721.0
008 140405s2014 ne b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014012712
020 $a9789004210295 (hardback : alkaline paper)
020 $z9789004271081 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $ae-gx---
050 00 $aHX279$b.G27 2014
082 00 $a320.530943/09042$223
245 04 $aThe German left and the Weimar Republic :$ba selection of documents /$ctranslated and introduced by Ben Fowkes.
264 1 $aLeiden :$aBoston ;$bBrill,$c2014.
300 $axv, 399 pages ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aHistorical materialism book series,$x1570-1522 ;$vvolume 75
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"The German Left and the Weimar Republic illuminates the history of the political left by presenting a wide range of documents on various aspects of socialist and communist activity in Germany. Separate chapters deal with the policy of Social Democracy in and out of government, the attempts of the Communist Party to overthrow the Weimar Republic, and then later to oppose it. Later chapters move away from the political scene to treat the attitudes of the parties to key social issues, in particular questions of gender and sexuality. The book concludes with a presentation of documents on various groups of socialist and communist dissidents. Many of the documents are made accessible for the first time, and each chapter begins with an original introduction indicating the current state of research"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aGeneral introduction -- Social democracy in government : measures of reform in theory and practice -- The council idea : workers' councils and factory councils -- Communism and insurrection -- In defence of democracy -- The Weimar left between opposition and coalition : varied strategies -- The Moscow connection : the KPD and the Comintern -- Socialism and foreign policy -- The search for democracy in the armed forces -- Questions of gender and sexual politics -- Long-term political objectives : similarities and differences -- The parties, their supporters and the proletarian milieu -- The parties and groups of the dissident left.
650 0 $aSocialism$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century$vSources.
650 0 $aCommunism$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century$vSources.
650 0 $aRadicalism$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century$vSources.
650 0 $aRight and left (Political science)$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century$vSources.
651 0 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1918-1933$vSources.
650 0 $aPolitical parties$zGermany.
700 1 $aFowkes, Ben,$etranslator.