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The Rise of Popular Antimodernism in Germany : The Urban Master Artisans, 1873-1896 / Shulamit Volkov.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1695Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1978Description: 1 online resource (412 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691614847
  • 9781400871599
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.20943 23
LOC classification:
  • HD2346.G3 V64 2015
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliographical Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Impact of Industrialization -- 2. The Effects of the Great Depression -- 3. The Break between Masters and Men -- 4. Mittelstand and Master Artisans -- 5. Apathy, Fragmentation, Disorientation -- 6. The Desertion of Liberalism -- 7. Competition for the Masters' Vote -- 8. The Appeal of the Extremes -- 9. The Isolation of Interest-Group Politics -- 10. Political Homelessness -- 11. Popular Antimodernism -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary: Antimodernism, a popular movement growing out of fear and hostility toward an emerging new world, became a central ideological trend in late nineteenth-century Europe. Shulamit Volkov explains its development in Germany by providing a biography of one group-the urban master artisans-whose political attitudes came to be dominated by antimodernist feelings. As small, independently employed practitioners of traditional crafts, the master artisans possessed a special social identity. The author focuses on their character as a group, their public behavior, and the formation of their ideas and political allegiance. She contends that between 1873 and 1898-a period often called the "Great Depression"-this group underwent a crucial change in attitude reflecting a growing sense of social isolation and political homelessness. To understand the complexities of their outlook, Shulamit Volkov considers changes in their economic and social position during industrialization and the Great Depression, comparing the German experience with that of England. Her analysis of economic, social, cultural, and political history uncovers the forces that led to the emergence of popular antimodernism and helped attract part of the German populace to prefascist ideas.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliographical Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Impact of Industrialization -- 2. The Effects of the Great Depression -- 3. The Break between Masters and Men -- 4. Mittelstand and Master Artisans -- 5. Apathy, Fragmentation, Disorientation -- 6. The Desertion of Liberalism -- 7. Competition for the Masters' Vote -- 8. The Appeal of the Extremes -- 9. The Isolation of Interest-Group Politics -- 10. Political Homelessness -- 11. Popular Antimodernism -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

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Antimodernism, a popular movement growing out of fear and hostility toward an emerging new world, became a central ideological trend in late nineteenth-century Europe. Shulamit Volkov explains its development in Germany by providing a biography of one group-the urban master artisans-whose political attitudes came to be dominated by antimodernist feelings. As small, independently employed practitioners of traditional crafts, the master artisans possessed a special social identity. The author focuses on their character as a group, their public behavior, and the formation of their ideas and political allegiance. She contends that between 1873 and 1898-a period often called the "Great Depression"-this group underwent a crucial change in attitude reflecting a growing sense of social isolation and political homelessness. To understand the complexities of their outlook, Shulamit Volkov considers changes in their economic and social position during industrialization and the Great Depression, comparing the German experience with that of England. Her analysis of economic, social, cultural, and political history uncovers the forces that led to the emergence of popular antimodernism and helped attract part of the German populace to prefascist ideas.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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