| Description |
xxviii, 434 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
General Introduction / Ursula Vogel -- Editor's Note / Jane Caplan -- Preface to the German Edition / Timothy W. Mason -- 1. The Legacy of 1918 for National Socialism -- 2. National Socialism and the Working Class, 1925 to May 1933 -- 3. The Transformation of Class Relations -- 4. The Condition of the Working Class in Germany, 1933-1936 -- 5. Social Policy and Social Ideology, 1934-1936 -- 6. Social Policy, Rearmament and War, September 1936 to December 1939 -- Epilogue: 2. Class -- Epilogue: 3. Domestic Crisis and War, 1939 -- Epilogue: 4. 1939-1945 -- Appendix: List of Documents Reprinted in Arbeiterklasse und Volkgemeinschaft -- Bibliography: 1. Unpublished Sources -- Bibliography: 2. Official Publications -- Bibliography: 3. Books -- Bibliography: 4. Articles and Unpublished Theses |
| Summary |
"Many social and economic historians will be pleased to learn that this pioneering study is at long last available in English translation. This book analyses the attitudes and policies of the Nazi leadership towards the German working class. It argues that the regime did not securely integrate the working class and was thus very uncertain of itself when it came to imposing mass economic sacrifices in the interests of forced rearmament. With a growing labour shortage in the late 1930s, industrial conflict re-emerged: these two factors slowed down military preparations for war and may well, it is argued, have influenced Hitler's foreign policy in 1938/39." "The author has added a substantial epilogue to this edition in which he responds to the main criticisms, aroused by the German original, and assesses the relevance of more recent research to the arguments put forward."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
Germany |
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Social conditions Policies Of Government History |
| Notes |
"The main text of this book (the preface, and chapters i-vi) is a translation of the Tim Mason's 'Sozialpolitik im Dritten Reich. Arbeiterklasse und Volksgemeinschaft' (Opladen, Westdeutscher Verlag, 1977)"--P. 1 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-424) and index |
| Subject |
Labor policy -- Germany -- History.
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Working class -- Germany -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Germany http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125931 -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008646
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| Author |
Caplan, Jane.
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| LC no. |
93000053 |
| ISBN |
085496410X (paper) |
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0854966218 (cloth) |
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