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Book SynopsisNeighbors and Enemies provides a new interpretation of the collapse of Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic, which ended with Hitler's ascendency in 1933. Social tensions led to the emergence of a radical - and at times violent - neighbourhood culture that signalled a loss of faith in political institutions.
Trade Review'Pamela Swett's fine new study of neighbourhood radicalism in late Weimar Berlin not only fleshes out our current knowledge but recasts it. Swett demonstrates how to write a history that fully incorporates gender and generation. … the stories of neighbourhood battles and denunciations are riveting.' The German History Society
Table of ContentsList of figures and plates; List of abbreviations; Note on sources; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Neighborhoods and metropolis; 2. Rebellion at home and in the community; 3. Republicanism or radicalism: appeals to Berlin's workers; 4. Conflict and cooperation: political independence in Berlin's neighborhoods; 5. The logic of violence; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
