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Informationen zum Autor Frederick L. McKitrick received his doctorate from Columbia University. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University, New Jersey. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Preface Note on the Handwerk Trades 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: The Coordination of Industry and Handwerk, 1942-1945 PART III: THE OCCUPATION PERIOD, 1945-1949: THE CONFRONTATION WITH THE AMERICAN FREE MARKET Chapter 4. The Occupation Chapter 5. The Legal Consolidation of Handwerk Corporatism in the British Zone Chapter 6. Developments in the U.S. 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 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 Structure and Outlook in Handwerk Conclusion: Revolution in Handwerk? List of Abbreviations Sources and Bibliography ...
