{"product_id":"moderate-modernity-9780472133321","title":"Moderate Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on the fate of a Berlin-based newspaper during the 1920s and 1930s, \u003cem\u003eModerate Modernity\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the transformation of a vibrant and liberal society into an oppressive and authoritarian dictatorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction. “Germany’s Most Modern Newspaper”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTempo, Ullstein, and the late Weimar Republic \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. 1928-29: Banging the Drum for Democracy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Every Day a Race Against Time!” Technology, Speed, and Sachlichkeit in Tempo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForming Rational Citizens: Tempo’s Definition of Democracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoung Germans as Consumer-Citizens: Representations of Modern Masculinity and Femininity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eChapter 2. 1930-31: Adapting to the Crisis \u003cli\u003eConsuming against the Crisis: Tempo’s Vision of a German Consumer Society After 1930\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTechnology vs. the Soul: Tempo’s Discourse of Technology and Speed After 1930\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCitizen-Consumers During a Time of Crisis: Tempo’s Construction of Modern Masculinity and Femininity After 1930\u003c\/li\u003eChapter 3. 1932-33: “Freedom or Dictatorship” \u003cli\u003e“We vow to be happy!” Consumption as Duty in 1932\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Political Appeal of Slowness: Technology and Speed During the Crisis\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Oldest Guard Leads the Way: Constructions of Modern Maculinity and Femininity in 1932\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e30 January 1933: Ullstein under Hitler\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e“Everybody will have their own car!” Dreams of a “Volkswagen” in Tempo\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eYouthful Pessimism: Young Men and Women under Chancellor Hitler\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe end of Tempo\u003c\/li\u003eConclusion: Creative Adaptations of Modernity in the Interwar Period","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037191799127,"sku":"9780472133321","price":60.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472133321.jpg?v=1750934726","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/moderate-modernity-9780472133321","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}