| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Berlin Press, 1918-32; 2. Media Personalities, 1918-24; 3. Competing Stories, 1924-5; 4. The 'Unpolitical' Press: Provincial Newspapers around Berlin, 1925-8; 5. Conquering Headlines: Violence, Sensations, and the Rise of the Nazis, 1928-30; 6. War of Words: The Spectre of Civil War, 1931-2; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Press and Politics offers a new interpretation of the fate of Germany's first democracy and the advent of Hitler's Third Reich. It is the first study to explore the role of the press in the politics of the Weimar Republic, and to ask how influential it really was in undermining democratic values. Anyone who seeks to understand the relationship between the press and politics in Germany at this time has to confront a central problem. Newspapers certainly told their readers how to vote, especially at election time. It was widely accepted that the press wielded immense political power. And yet pow |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Press and politics -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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Press -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Press
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Press and politics
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Presshistoria -- Tyskland -- 1918-1933 (Weimarrepubliken)
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Politik och massmedia -- 1918-1933 (Weimarrepubliken)
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Germany
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Tyskland -- historia -- 1918-1933 (Weimarrepubliken)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191563263 |
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0191563269 |
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