Gustav Stresemann - The Crossover Artist

As a foreign minister and chancellor of Weimar Germany, Gustav Stresemann is a familiar figure for students of German history - one who, for many, embodied the best qualities of German interwar liberalism. However, a more nuanced and ambivalent picture emerges in this award-winning biography, which draws on extensive research and new archival material to enrich our understanding of Stresmann's public image and political career. It memorably explores the personality of a brilliant but flawed politician who endured class anxiety and social marginalization, and who died on the eve of Germany's descent into economic and political upheaval.

Table des matières

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Chronology

Introduction

Chapter 1. A Life

Chapter 2. The Will to Rise

Chapter 3. Economic and Social Capital

Chapter 4. Political Capital

Chapter 5. A Life in Turmoil

Chapter 6. German and European Politics

Chapter 7. Afterlife

Conclusion: The Crossover Artist

Selected Works by Gustav Stresemann

Bibliography

Index

A propos de l'auteur

Karl Heinrich Pohl taught history and pedagogy at the University of Kiel before his retirement in 2010. He was awarded the Wolf-Erich Kellner Prize in 2002 and published widely on German history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Résumé

Gustav Stresemann has become a steadfast icon and key figure in understanding contemporary German and European history. Renowned historian Karl Heinrich Pohl draws on new archival material and extensive research to supplement our previous knowledge of Stresmann’s life and work.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Karl Heinrich Pohl
• Collaboration: Christine Brocks (Traduction)
• Edition: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781789202175
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-217-5
• Pages: 326
• Thèmes: Studies in German History; Studies in German History
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, Germany, Biography: historical, political and military