Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Locating cities and modernity in Weimar; 1 Center and periphery: Cities in Germany, 1900-1933; 2 The congress of cities; 3 The urban spectrum; 4 Experiment: Urban modernity and the ""Great Reform"" of 1929; 5 A nation of city republics: The urban bases of Reichsreform; Conclusion: Germany's vulnerable cities; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index