Hitler's Social Revolution - Class and Status in Nazi Germany, 1933-1939

In fact, the gap between the ideology of the Reich and its actual character was enormous. But under the spell of the mirage, the will to resist was undermined by an accelerating process of social disintegration.

About the author

David Schoenbaum is the author of seven books, including Hitler's Social Revolution, The United States and the State of Israel, and The Violin. Formerly a professor of history at the University of Iowa, he has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Economist. A lifelong amateur violinist, he lives in Rockville, Maryland.

Summary

Beginning with Germany's social situation after World War I, David Schoenbaum shows how Hitler improvised a program that apparently offered something to everyone--above all, the mirage of a classless society.

Product details

• Authors: David Schoenbaum
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1997
• EAN: 9780393315547
• ISBN: 978-0-393-31554-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 497 g
• Series: Norton Paperback; Norton Paperback
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries