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Between Reform and Revolution

German Socialism and Communism from 1840 to 1990

Edited by: David E. Barclay and Eric D. Weitz

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2005

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The powerful impact of Socialism and Communism on modern German history is the theme which is explored by the contributors to this volume. Whereas previous investigations have tended to focus on political, intellectual and biographical aspects, this book captures, for the first time, the methodological and thematic diversity and richness of current work on the history of the German working class and the political movements that emerged from it. Based on original contributions from U.S., British, and German scholars, this collection address a wide range of themes and problems.

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Contributor: David E. Barclay

David E. Barclay is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Western European Studies, Kalamazoo College.

--- Contributor: Eric D. Weitz

Eric D. Weitz is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

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"... a rich, complex, authoritative, scholarly survey of Germany's socialist heritage." · The Midwest Book Review

"Can twenty-three essays present the history of German socialism and communism, as well as those movements' members, supporters, and policies in the context of social history? This fine collection comes close to achieving that difficult task ... A very high quality work." · Central European History

"Certainly the best collection of essays on the SPD and KPD ... The editors and contributors ... have provided fresh intrepretations ... and have set a high standard for present and future scholars." · H-Net Reviews

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION David E. Barclay and Eric D. Weitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Chapter 1 Diagnosing the “German Misery”: Radicalism and the Problem of National Character, 1830 to 1848 Warren Breckman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	33
Chapter 2 Working-Class Politics at the Crossroads of Conservatism, Liberalism, and Socialism Hermann Beck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
Chapter 3 The Lassallean Labor Movement in Germany: Organization, Social Structure, and Associational Life in the 1860s Toni Offermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	87
Chapter 4 Bürger and Workers: Liberalism and the Labor Movement in Germany, 1848 to 1914 Ralf Roth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
Chapter 5 “Genossen und Genossinnen”: Depictions of Gender, Militancy, and Organizing in the German Socialist Press, 1890-1914 Mary Jo Maynes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
Chapter 6 The Social Democratic Electorate in Imperial Germany Jonathan Sperber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	167
Chapter 7 Latent Reformism and Socialist Utopia: The SPD in Göttingen, 1890 to 1920 Adelheid von Saldern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	195
Chapter 8 A Social Republic? Social Democrats, Communists, and the Weimar Welfare State, 1919 to 1933 David F. Crew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
Chapter 9 The Iron Front: Weimar Social Democracy between Tradition and Modernity Donna Harsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Chapter 10 Communism and the Public Spheres of Weimar Germany Eric D. Weitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
Chapter 11 The Rise and Fall of Red Saxony William Carl Mathews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
Chapter 12 Cultural Socialism, the Public Sphere, and the Mass Form: Popular Culture and the Democratic Project, 1900 to 1934 Geoff Eley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	315
Chapter 13 The Social Origins of Unity Sentiments in the German Socialist Underground, 1933 to 1936 Gerd-Rainer Horn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	341
Chapter 14 Communist Resistance between Comintern Directives and Nazi Terror Beatrix Herlemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	357
Chapter 15 Rethinking Social Democracy, the State, and Europe: Rudolf Hilferding in Exile, 1933 to 1941 David E. Barclay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	373
Chapter 16 Ordnungsmacht and Mitbestimmung: The Postwar Labor Unions and the Politics of Reconstruction Diethelm Prowe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	397
Chapter 17 The Soviets, the German Left, and the Problem of “Sectarianism” in the Eastern Zone, 1945 to 1949 Norman Naimark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
Chapter 18 Pronatalism, Nationbuilding, and Socialism: Population Policy in the SBZ/DDR, 1945 to 1960 Atina Grossmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	443
Chapter 19 German Social Democracy and European Unification, 1945 to 1955 Dietrich Orlow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	467
Chapter 20 The Politics of Culture and the Culture of Everyday Life in the DDR in the 1950s Anna-Sabine Ernst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	489
Chapter 21 Social Democratic Gender Policies, the Working-Class Milieu, and the Culture of Domesticity in West Germany in the 1950s and 1960s Hanna Schissler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	507
Chapter 22 Is the SPD Still a Labor Party? From “Community of Solidarity” to “Loosely Coupled Anarchy” Peter Lösche Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	531
Chapter 23 Good-bye to All That: The Passing of German Communism and the Rise of a New New Left Eric D Weitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	547
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	557
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	567
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	571

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