The Devil's Wheels: Men and Motorcycling in the Weimar Republic

by Sasha Disko

Book Overview

During the high days of modernization fever, among the many disorienting changes Germans experienced in the Weimar Republic was an unprecedented mingling of consumption and identity: increasingly, what one bought signaled who one was. Exemplary of this volatile dynamic was the era's burgeoning motorcycle culture. With automobiles largely a luxury of the upper classes, motorcycles complexly symbolized masculinity and freedom, embodying a widespread...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789205239
• ISBN13: 9781789205237
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"