From Craftsmen to Capitalists: German Artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953

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.

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From Craftsmen to Capitalists: German Artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953

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.

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From Craftsmen to Capitalists: German Artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953

From Craftsmen to Capitalists: German Artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953

by Frederick L. McKitrick
From Craftsmen to Capitalists: German Artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953

From Craftsmen to Capitalists: German Artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953

by Frederick L. McKitrick

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785332494
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication date: 09/01/2016
Series: Monographs in German History , #37
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 308
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

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