A seminal work as melodious and haunting as the era it chronicles, now reissued with a new introduction. First published in 1968, Weimar Culture is one of the masterworks of Peter Gay's distinguished career. A study of German culture between the two wars, the book brilliantly traces the rise of the artistic, literary, and musical culture that bloomed ever so briefly in the 1920s amid the chaos of Germany's tenuous post-World War I democracy, and crashed violently in the wake of Hitler's rise to power. Despite the ephemeral nature of the Weimar democracy, the influence of its culture was profound and far-reaching, ushering in a modern sensibility in the arts that dominated Western culture for most of the twentieth century. Vivid and eminently readable, Weimar Culture is the finest introduction for the casual reader and historian alike. "[A]n enormously rich, intriguing, and exciting essay.... A major contribution to the study..."— The New York Times 16 black and white illustrations

彼得 盖伊(Peter Gay),1923年出生于柏林,1938年移民美国.哥伦比亚大学博士,曾任教于哥伦比亚大学,目前为耶鲁大学资深史学教授,古根汉与洛克菲勒基金会学者,剑桥丘吉尔学院海外学者.历获各种研究奖如海尼根(Heineken)史学奖等,其著作多次获美国国家图书奖.