Hometown Hamburg : artisans and the political struggle for social order in the Weimar Republic / Frank Domurad

Preface: Continuity in German history -- The peculiarity of German history : handicraft versus Handwerk -- Hamburg : a German home town? -- In search of Hamburg Handwerk : figures and forms -- The handicraft occupational estate in the crisis of the Weimar Republic -- A constitution without decision...

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Main Authors:Domurad, Frank (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:London ; New York : Anthem Press, [2019]
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Summary:Preface: Continuity in German history -- The peculiarity of German history : handicraft versus Handwerk -- Hamburg : a German home town? -- In search of Hamburg Handwerk : figures and forms -- The handicraft occupational estate in the crisis of the Weimar Republic -- A constitution without decision -- From the politics of barter to Volksgemeinschaft -- Conclusion: Continuity in German history revisited.
"Through the study of Hamburg handicraft in the late Weimar Republic this book addresses three intertwined problems in modern German history: the role of institutionalized social, political and cultural continuity versus contingency in the course of modern German development; the impact of conflicting notions of social order on the survival of liberal democracy; and the role of corporate politics in the rise of National Socialism"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 319-348
Physical Description:xi, 367 Seiten
ISBN:9781783089314
1783089318