Creating German Communism, 1890-1990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State

by Eric D. Weitz

Book Overview

Eric Weitz presents a social and political history of German communism from its beginnings at the end of the nineteenth century to the collapse of the German Democratic Republic in 1990. In the first book in English or in German to explore this entire period, Weitz describes the emergence of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) against the background of Imperial and Weimar Germany, and clearly explains how the legacy of these periods shaped the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691026823
• ISBN13: 9780691026824
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"