The Salaried Masses: Duty and Distraction in Weimar Germany

by Siegfried Kracauer

First published in 1930, Siegfried Kracauer's work was greeted with great acclaim and soon attained the status of a classic. The object of his inquiry was the new class of salaried employees who populated the cities of Weimar Germany. Spiritually homeless, divorced from all custom and tradition, these white-collar workers sought refuge in entertainment--or the "distraction industries," as Kracauer put it--but, only three years later, were to flee...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859841872
• ISBN13: 9781859841877
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.6"