Social Policy in the Third Reich 0854966218
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English Pages 462 [460] Year 1997
Table of contents :
General Introduction by Ursula Vogel
Editor's Note by Jane Caplan
Editor's Acknowledgements
Preface to the German Edition by Timothy M Mason
List of Abbreviations
Introduction to the English Edition
1 The Legacy of 1918 for National Socialism
2 National Socialism and the Working Class, 1925 to May 1933
3 The Transformation of Class Relations
4 The Condition of the Working Class in Germany, 1933-1936
4.1. Employment Creation Programmes
4.2. Wages, Living Standards and State Social Policy
5 Social Policy and Social Ideology, 1934-1936
6 Social Policy, Rearmament and War, September 1936 to December 1939
6.1. Social Consequences of Rearmament
6.2. The Regime's Reaction to the Impending Crisis
6.3. Concluding Remarks
Epilogue
1. Introduction
2. Class
3. Domestic Crisis and War, 1939
4. 1939--1945
Appendix
1.List of Documents Reprinted in Arbeiterklasse und Volkgemeinschaft
Bibliography
1.Unpublished Sources
2.Official Publications
3.Books
4.Articles and Unpublished Theses
Index
