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Nazism, Liberalism & Christianity : Protestant social thought in Germany & Great Britain, 1925-1937 / Kenneth C. Barnes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813156606
  • 0813156602
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nazism, Liberalism, and Christianity : Protestant Social Thought in Germany and Great Britain, 1925-1937.DDC classification:
  • 261.8 23
LOC classification:
  • BT738 .B2886
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The British and German Traditions; 3. Protestant Social Thought, 1925-1929; 4. Response to the Economic Crisis, 1930-1933; 5. The Social Message and the Nazi State, 1933-1937; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
Summary: The Great Depression devastated the economies of both Germany and Great Britain. Yet the middle classes in the two countries responded in vastly different ways. German Protestants, perceiving a choice among a Bolshevik-style revolution, the chaos and decadence of Weimar liberalism, and Nazi authoritarianism, voted Hitler into power and then acquiesced in the resulting dictatorship. In Britain, Labour and Tory politicians moved gingerly together to form a National Government that muddled through the Depression with piecemeal reform. In this troubling book about troubled times, Kenneth Barnes loo.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)938330

Print version record.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The British and German Traditions; 3. Protestant Social Thought, 1925-1929; 4. Response to the Economic Crisis, 1930-1933; 5. The Social Message and the Nazi State, 1933-1937; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

The Great Depression devastated the economies of both Germany and Great Britain. Yet the middle classes in the two countries responded in vastly different ways. German Protestants, perceiving a choice among a Bolshevik-style revolution, the chaos and decadence of Weimar liberalism, and Nazi authoritarianism, voted Hitler into power and then acquiesced in the resulting dictatorship. In Britain, Labour and Tory politicians moved gingerly together to form a National Government that muddled through the Depression with piecemeal reform. In this troubling book about troubled times, Kenneth Barnes loo.