Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. TABLES AND FIGURES vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS viii
5. PREFACE x
6. NOTE ON THE HANDWERK TRADES xiii
7. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS xviii
8. Part I Handwerk in Crisis, 1918–1933
9. Chapter 1 FROM ZÜNFTE TO NAZISM German Handwerk to 1939 3
10. Part II Handwerk at War, 1939–1945
11. Chapter 2 HANDWERK IN THE WAR ECONOMY, 1939–1941 31
12. Chapter 3 THE SPEER MINISTRY, 1942–1945 The Coordination of Industry and Handwerk 63
13. Part III The Occupation Period, 1945–1949 The Confrontation with the American Free Market
14. Chapter 4 THE FIRST STAGES OF THE OCCUPATION AND THE REVIVAL OF HANDWERK INSTITUTIONS IN THE WEST 83
15. Chapter 5 THE LEGAL CONSOLIDATION OF HANDWERK CORPORATISM IN THE BRITISH ZON 107
16. Chapter 6 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE US ZONE LEADING UP TO THE INTRODUCTION OF GEWERBEFREIHEIT 123
17. Chapter 7 THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP IN THE MODERNIZATION OF HANDWERK 141
18. Part IV The Early Federal Republic, 1949–1953 Revolution in the German Mittelstand
19. Chapter 8 THE EFFECTS OF GEWERBEFREIHEIT ON HANDWERK 159
20. Chapter 9 THE INTEGRATION OF HANDWERK ORGANIZATIONS INTO THE POLITICAL FABRIC OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC 179
21. Chapter 10 CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE AND OUTLOOK OF HANDWERK 207
22. Chapter 11 THE HANDWERK ACT OF 1953 226
23. Conclusion REVOLUTION IN HANDWERK? 248
24. BIBLIOGRAPHY 253
25. INDEX 276