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A People's History of the German Revolution

By Pelz, William A

A People's History of the German Revolution book

A People's History of the German Revolution

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In October 1918, war-weary German sailors mutinied when the Imperial Naval Command ordered their engagement in one final, fruitless battle with the British Royal Navy. This revolt, in the dying embers of the First World War, quickly erupted into a full scale revolution that toppled the monarchy and inaugurated a period of radical popular democracy.

The establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1919 ended the revolution, relegating all but its most prominent leaders to a historical footnote. In A People's History of the German Revolution, William A. Pelz cuts against the grain of mainstream accounts that tend to present the revolution as more of a 'collapse', or just a chaotic interregnum that preceded the country's natural progression into a republic.

Going beyond the familiar names of Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg or Clara Zetkins, Pelz explores the revolution from the bottom up, focusing on the active role that women, rank-and-file activists, and ordinary workers played in its events. Rejecting the depiction of agency as exclusively in the hands of international actors like Woodrow Wilson or in those of German elites, he makes the compelling case that, for a brief period, the actions of the common people shaped a truly revolutionary society.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2018-06-19
Publication Date:
2018-06-20
Publisher:
Pluto Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0745337104
ISBN13:
9780745337104
Weight:
259 g
Height:
137 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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