{"product_id":"poverty-and-welfare-in-modern-german-history-9781785333569","title":"Poverty and Welfare in Modern German History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFor many, the history of German social policy is defined primarily by that nation’s postwar emergence as a model of the European welfare state. As this comprehensive volume demonstrates, however, the question of how to care for the poor has had significant implications for German history throughout the modern era. Here, eight leading historians provide essential case studies and syntheses of current research into German welfare, from the Holy Roman Empire to the present day. Along the way, they trace the parallel historical dynamics that have continued to shape German society, including religious diversity, political exclusion and inclusion, and concepts of race and gender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The volume has many merits…[It] offers a much-needed and—for contemporary discussion—highly relevant historical investigation into modern poverty and the way it has been framed. Further, the scholars of \u003c\/em\u003ePoverty and Welfare State in Modern German History\u003cem\u003e make an impressive case for exploring their subject through the paradigm of exclusion\/inclusion… This book truly deserves a wide readership.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Journal of Social History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a wonderful collection; the essays are uniformly well written and thought provoking and, taken together, they present a provocative and sophisticated introduction to a crucial yet underexplored topic.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• German History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an extremely well-executed volume, featuring state-of-the-art historical research from a list of first-rate historians. It is informed by both cultural and social history, and while the focus is on Germany, it has a comparative spirit, embedding the German case in a broader framework.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Peter Starke\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Southern Denmark\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Poverty and Welfare in Modern German History: Recent Trends and New Perspectives in Current Research\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLutz Raphael\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Economy of Love: Welfare and Poor Relief in Catholic Territories of the Holy Roman Empire (1500 to 1800)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSebastian Schmidt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Pauper Letters and Petitions for Relief: New Perspectives on Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Poor Relief\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndreas Gestrich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Vagabonds in the German Empire: Mobility, Unemployment, and the Transformation of Social Policies (1870-1914)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBeate Althammer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Welfare State and Poverty in the Weimar Republic\u003cbr\u003e \tWilfried Rudloff\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Welfare, Mobilization, and the Nazi Society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicole Kramer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Who Cares?: Gender, Poverty and Welfare in West Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristiane Kuller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e A “New Social Question”?: Politics, Social Sciences and the Rediscovery of Poverty in Post-Boom Western Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWinfried Süß\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The New Poverty: Trends and Debates in Contemporary Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOlaf Groh-Samberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042390114647,"sku":"9781785333569","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785333569.jpg?v=1750954012","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/poverty-and-welfare-in-modern-german-history-9781785333569","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}