{"product_id":"the-gas-mask-in-interwar-germany-visions-of-chemical-modernity-hardback-9781009314824","title":"The Gas Mask in Interwar Germany; Visions of Chemical Modernity (Hardback) 9781009314824","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Gas Mask in Interwar Germany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVisions of Chemical Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA history of the gas mask in Germany from first use in combat in 1915 to the eve of the Second World War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Thompson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009314824, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 May 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eExploring the history of the gas mask in Germany from 1915 to the eve of the Second World War, Peter Thompson traces how chemical weapons and protective technologies like the gas mask produced new relationships to danger, risk, management and mastery in the modern age of mass destruction. Recounting the apocalyptic visions of chemical death that circulated in interwar Germany, he argues that while everyday encounters with the gas mask tended to exacerbate fears, the gas mask also came to symbolize debates about the development of military and chemical technologies in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. He underscores how the gas mask was tied into the creation of an exclusionary national community under the Nazis and the altered perception of environmental danger in the second half of the twentieth century. As this innovative new history shows, chemical warfare and protection technologies came to represent poignant visions of the German future.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The structures of violence: Fritz Haber and the institutionalization of gas warfare\u003cbr\u003e 2. The man in the rubber mask: World War I and the development of the modern gas mask\u003cbr\u003e 3. The first 'chemical subjects': soldiers encounters with the gas mask in World War I\u003cbr\u003e 4. The limits of sympathy: the medical treatment of poison gas during and after World War I\u003cbr\u003e 5. Atmos(fears): the poison gas debates in the Weimar Republic\u003cbr\u003e 6. Technologies of fate: cultural and intellectual prophesies of the future gas war\u003cbr\u003e 7. Synthesizing the 'Nazi chemical subject': gas masks, personal armoring, and vestiary discipline in the Third Reich\u003cbr\u003e 8. Prophets of poison: industrialized murder in the gas chambers of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e], Theory of warfare \u0026amp; military science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theory of warfare \u0026amp; military science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theory%20of%20warfare%20\u0026amp;%20military%20science%20%5BJWA%5D%22\"\u003eJWA\u003c\/a\u003e], Military history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Military history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Military%20history%20%5BHBW%5D%22\"\u003eHBW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265425199384,"sku":"9781009314824","price":95.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781009314824i_3fe621b9-a090-4b2b-94ef-ae1a417b3d1b.jpg?v=1696791889","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-gas-mask-in-interwar-germany-visions-of-chemical-modernity-hardback-9781009314824","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}