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From Craftsmen to Capitalists : German Artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953 / Frederick L. McKitrick.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Monographs in German History ; 37Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781785332487
  • 9781785332494
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.7/94
LOC classification:
  • HD9999.H363
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES AND FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- NOTE ON THE HANDWERK TRADES -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- Part I Handwerk in Crisis, 1918–1933 -- Chapter 1 FROM ZÜNFTE TO NAZISM German Handwerk to 1939 -- Part II Handwerk at War, 1939–1945 -- Chapter 2 HANDWERK IN THE WAR ECONOMY, 1939–1941 -- Chapter 3 THE SPEER MINISTRY, 1942–1945 The Coordination of Industry and Handwerk -- Part III The Occupation Period, 1945–1949 The Confrontation with the American Free Market -- Chapter 4 THE FIRST STAGES OF THE OCCUPATION AND THE REVIVAL OF HANDWERK INSTITUTIONS IN THE WEST -- Chapter 5 THE LEGAL CONSOLIDATION OF HANDWERK CORPORATISM IN THE BRITISH ZON -- Chapter 6 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE US ZONE LEADING UP TO THE INTRODUCTION OF GEWERBEFREIHEIT -- Chapter 7 THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE MODERNIZATION OF HANDWERK -- Part IV The Early Federal Republic, 1949–1953 Revolution in the German Mittelstand -- Chapter 8 THE EFFECTS OF GEWERBEFREIHEIT ON HANDWERK -- Chapter 9 THE INTEGRATION OF HANDWERK ORGANIZATIONS INTO THE POLITICAL FABRIC OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC -- Chapter 10 CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE AND OUTLOOK OF HANDWERK -- Chapter 11 THE HANDWERK ACT OF 1953 -- Conclusion REVOLUTION IN HANDWERK? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary: 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 an important Nazi constituency, drawn by the party’s rejection of both capitalism and Bolshevism. Yet, in the years after 1945, the artisan class became one of the pillars of postwar stability, thoroughly integrated into German society. From Craftsmen to Capitalists gives the first account of this astonishing transformation, exploring how skilled tradesmen recast their historical traditions and forged alliances with former antagonists to help realize German democratization and recovery.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES AND FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- NOTE ON THE HANDWERK TRADES -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- Part I Handwerk in Crisis, 1918–1933 -- Chapter 1 FROM ZÜNFTE TO NAZISM German Handwerk to 1939 -- Part II Handwerk at War, 1939–1945 -- Chapter 2 HANDWERK IN THE WAR ECONOMY, 1939–1941 -- Chapter 3 THE SPEER MINISTRY, 1942–1945 The Coordination of Industry and Handwerk -- Part III The Occupation Period, 1945–1949 The Confrontation with the American Free Market -- Chapter 4 THE FIRST STAGES OF THE OCCUPATION AND THE REVIVAL OF HANDWERK INSTITUTIONS IN THE WEST -- Chapter 5 THE LEGAL CONSOLIDATION OF HANDWERK CORPORATISM IN THE BRITISH ZON -- Chapter 6 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE US ZONE LEADING UP TO THE INTRODUCTION OF GEWERBEFREIHEIT -- Chapter 7 THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE MODERNIZATION OF HANDWERK -- Part IV The Early Federal Republic, 1949–1953 Revolution in the German Mittelstand -- Chapter 8 THE EFFECTS OF GEWERBEFREIHEIT ON HANDWERK -- Chapter 9 THE INTEGRATION OF HANDWERK ORGANIZATIONS INTO THE POLITICAL FABRIC OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC -- Chapter 10 CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE AND OUTLOOK OF HANDWERK -- Chapter 11 THE HANDWERK ACT OF 1953 -- Conclusion REVOLUTION IN HANDWERK? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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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 an important Nazi constituency, drawn by the party’s rejection of both capitalism and Bolshevism. Yet, in the years after 1945, the artisan class became one of the pillars of postwar stability, thoroughly integrated into German society. From Craftsmen to Capitalists gives the first account of this astonishing transformation, exploring how skilled tradesmen recast their historical traditions and forged alliances with former antagonists to help realize German democratization and recovery.

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