TY - BOOK AU - Weitz, Eric D. TI - Weimar Germany: promise and tragedy SN - 9780691157962 U1 - 943.085WEI PY - 2007/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Germany--History--1918-1933 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-405) and index N2 - Weimar Germany still fascinates us, and now this complex and remarkably creative period and place has the history it deserves. Eric Weitz's Weimar Germany reveals the Weimar era as a time of strikingly progressive achievements--and even greater promise. With a rich thematic narrative and detailed portraits of some of Weimar's greatest figures, this comprehensive history recaptures the excitement and drama as it unfolded, viewing Weimar in its own right--and not as a mere prelude to the Nazi era ER -