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Janek Wasserman - Black Vienna: The Radical Right in the Red City, 1918–1938 - 9780801452871 - V9780801452871
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Black Vienna: The Radical Right in the Red City, 1918–1938

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Description for Black Vienna: The Radical Right in the Red City, 1918–1938 Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.

Interwar Vienna was considered a bastion of radical socialist thought, and its reputation as "Red Vienna" has loomed large in both the popular imagination and the historiography of Central Europe. However, as Janek Wasserman shows in this book, a "Black Vienna" existed as well; its members voiced critiques of the postwar democratic order, Jewish inclusion, and Enlightenment values, providing a theoretical foundation for Austrian and Central European fascist movements. Looking at the complex interplay between intellectuals, the public, and the state, he argues that seemingly apolitical Viennese intellectuals, especially conservative ones, dramatically affected the course of Austrian history. While Red ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
500g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801452871
SKU
V9780801452871
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Janek Wasserman
Janek Wasserman is Assistant Professor of Modern German/Central European History at the University of Alabama.

Reviews for Black Vienna: The Radical Right in the Red City, 1918–1938
Janek Wasserman introduces us to Black Vienna, a parallel city where disappointed monarchists, frustrated Catholic radicals, and racist German nationalists worked in consort to destroy the First Republic.... Wasserman challenges the conventionalLager model of interwar Austrian politics in which there were three distinct camps: Social Democrats, Christian radicals and German nationalists. Instead he finds a 'two-part division of interwar Austrian ... Read more

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