{"product_id":"emergency-money-isbn-9780262546805","title":"Emergency Money","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark art historical study of German \u003ci\u003eNotgeld\u003c\/i\u003e, the emergency money produced during World War I, and the hyperinflation that followed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmergency Money \u003c\/i\u003eis the first art historical study of Germany’s emergency money, \u003ci\u003eNotgeld\u003c\/i\u003e. Issued during World War I and the tumultuous\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003einterwar period, these wildly artful banknotes featured landscapes, folk figures, scenes of violence and humor, and even inflation itself in the form of figures staring into empty purses or animals defecating coins. Until now, art historians have paid \u003ci\u003eNotgeld\u003c\/i\u003e scant attention, but Wilkinson looks closely at these amusing, often disturbing, artifacts and their grim associations\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eto cast new light on the Weimar Republic’s visual culture, as well as the larger relationship between art and money.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Wilkinson shows, Germany’s early twentieth-century economic crisis was also a crisis of culture. Retelling the period’s gripping story through thematic investigations into prevalent \u003ci\u003eNotgeld\u003c\/i\u003e motifs, Wilkinson illuminates how the vexed relationship between aesthetic value and exchange value was an inextricable part of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA landmark contribution to our understanding of twentieth-century Germany, \u003ci\u003eEmergency Money\u003c\/i\u003e brings together art, economics, critical theory, and media theory to create\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ea book for our own inflationary moment, as the world’s new materialisms confront the specter of this older, more fundamental materialism.Introduction: Full Pockets, Empty Signs 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Land 23\u003cbr\u003e 2 Work 67\u003cbr\u003e 3 Spooks 115\u003cbr\u003e 4 Crisis 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Necrometabolism 223\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments 233\u003cbr\u003e Notes 235\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 251\u003cbr\u003e Image Credits 262\u003cbr\u003e Index 263\u003cb\u003eIncluded in \u003ci\u003ethe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Art Books of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"During and after World War I, Germany underwent enormous levels of inflation, which led the government to issue promissory notes well into the trillions of German marks. Depression and fascism were up ahead, but a less-known byproduct is explored in Tom Wilkinson’s unmissable monograph. Faithless in government money, provinces and private interests took it upon themselves to issue functional currency emblazoned with truly bizarre or eye-catching graphics. (Sound familiar?) Many are reprinted here in vibrant color. Wenzel Hablik’s suave and chunky designs from 1921 are a highlight. Interspersed are the Weimar collage artists — among them Kurt Schwitters and George Scholz — who recycled some of these cynical designs into art of a new kind.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The New York Times, Arts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wilkinson manages to encompass economics, art, architecture, design and social history in a book buzzing with vivid images.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e “A highly interesting and thought-provoking contribution to the history of German inflation, Weimar’s visual culture, and the art world’s infatuation with money.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Journal of Modern History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTom Wilkinson is an art historian who specializes in German visual culture and modern architecture. He teaches at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and is History Editor of the \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book was \u003ci\u003eBricks and Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301719625957,"sku":"NP9780262546805","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262546805.jpg?v=1767726201","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/emergency-money-isbn-9780262546805","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}