People''s History of the German Revolution - 1918-19

A new history from the ground up, published to mark 100 years since the German revolution

List of contents

Introduction: What German Revolution?
1. Industrialisation and the Rise of the German Working Class, 1871-1914
2. Growth of Radical Belief within the German Common People
3. War, Suffering, Resistance Amidst the German Population
4. The Road to the November Revolution
5. The Kaiser Goes, the Generals Remain: November 1918-January 1919
6. Provocation, Confusion, Revolt and Repression: The Days of January 1919
7. Women in the World War and November Revolution, 1914-1919
8. Death Agony of the Revolution till 1923
9. Legacy of the German Revolution and its International Impact
Conclusion

About the author

William A. Pelz (1951-2017) was Director of the Institute of Working Class History in Chicago and a Professor of History at Elgin Community College. His works include A People's History of the German Revolution, (Pluto, 2018) Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy (Haymarket, 2015), The Eugene V. Debs Reader (Merlin Press, 2014) and A People's History of Modern Europe (Pluto, 2016).
Mario Kessler is Associate Professor at the Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam, Germany. He is the author of Revolution and Counterrevolution: Studies on Violence and Humanity from the Century of Disasters (2016) and Ruth Fischer: A Life with and against Communists (2013) amongst many other works.

Summary

A myth-busting popular history of the German Revolution focusing on the roles of women, workers and ordinary people

Product details

• Authors: William Pelz, William A. Pelz, Pelz William A.
• Assisted by: Kessler Mario (Foreword)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2018
• EAN: 9780745337104
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3710-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: People's History; People's History; People's History People's History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, Germany, First World War, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, HISTORY / Europe / General, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Pressure groups & lobbying, 1918–1933 (period of the Weimar Republic), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions