Table of Contents

List 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.

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An account of the collapse of the Weimar Republic from the perspective of individual workers.

Reviews

'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