From craftsmen to capitalists : German artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953

From craftsmen to capitalists : German artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953 /

"Politically adrift, alienated from Weimar society, and fearful of competition from industrial elites and the working class alike, the independent artisans of interwar Germany were a particularly receptive audience for National Socialist ideology. As Hitler consolidated power, they emerged as a...

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Main Author: McKitrick, Frederick L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2016
Series:Monographs in German history ; v. 37.
Subjects:
Artisans > Germany > History > 20th century.
Artisans > Political activity > Germany > History > 20th century.
Handicraft industries > Germany > History > 20th century.
Social change > Germany > History > 20th century.
National socialism > History.
Democratization > Germany > History > 20th century.
Germany > Economic conditions > 1918-1945.
Germany > Economic conditions > 1945-1990.
Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Germany > Politics and government > 1945-1990.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Note on the Handwerk trades
  • Part I. Handwerk in crisis, 1918-1933
  • From Zünfte to Nazism : German Handwerk to 1939
  • Part II. Handwerk at war : 1939-1945
  • Handwerk in the war economy, 1939-1941
  • The Speer ministry : the coordination of industry and handwerk, 1942-1945
  • Part III. The occupation period, 1945-1949 : the confrontation with the American free market
  • The occupation
  • The legal consolidation of Handwerk corporatism in the British zone
  • Developments in the U.S. zone leading up to the introduction of Gewerbefreiheit
  • The role of organization and leadership in the modernization of Handwerk
  • Part IV. The early federal republic, 1949-1953
  • The effects of Gewerbefreiheit on Handwerk
  • The integration of Handwerk organizations into the political fabric of the Federal Republic
  • Changes in structure and outlook in Handwerk
  • Conclusion: Revolution in handwerk?

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