Date of Award

2000

Document Type

Restricted Thesis

Terms of Use

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Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

History Department, German Studies Program

First Advisor

Robert Weinberg

Abstract

Bowling examines the German Revolution of 1918 and 1919 from the perspective of the public, rather than the typical focus on political events. While Bowling views the politics of the time as obviously revolutionary through its series of governmental transformations, he explores some of how socially and economically revolutionary Germany was through the lens of socialist and communist media, particularly Vorwärts, Freiheit, and Die Rote Fahne. Using these publications, he analyzes the interactions between the socialist MSPD and USPD and the radical left-wing Spartacus Group, as well as their media techniques and their implications for public perception of events.

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