Nazism, Fascism and the Working ClassThis is a collection of ten path-breaking essays on the history of the National Socialist regime in Germany. The topics covered here include the origins of the Second World War, the role of Hitler in the Nazi regime, and the position of the working class and of women under National Socialism. Each essay defines or reinterprets a significant debate in the history of the Nazi period. The essays, collected here for the first time, include four hitherto not published in English. |
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Contents
Some origins of the Second World War | 33 |
The primacy of politics Politics and economics in National Socialist Germany | 53 |
The origins of the Law on the Organization of National Labour of 20 January 1934 An investigation into the relationship between archaic and moder... | 77 |
Internal crisis and war of aggression 19381939 | 104 |
Women in Germany 19251940 Family welfare and work | 131 |
Intention and explanation A current controversy about the interpretation of National Socialism | 212 |
The containment of the working class in Nazi Germany | 231 |
The Turin strikes of March 1943 | 274 |
The domestic dynamics of Nazi conquests A response to critics | 295 |
Whatever happened to fascism? | 323 |
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| Title | Nazism, Fascism and the Working Class |
| Authors | Tim Mason, Timothy W. Mason |
| Editors | Jane Caplan, Associate Professor of History Jane Caplan |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0521437873, 9780521437875 |
| Length | 361 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Europe / General History / Modern / 20th Century Social Science / Minority Studies |
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