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Book Synopsis"One of Princeton University Press's Notable Centenary Titles"--Page 4 of cover.
Table of ContentsPreface to the 2016 Reprinting ix Preface to the 1988 Reprinting xix Preface xxvii Abbreviations xxxi Introduction: From Bourgeois to Corporatist Europe 3 PART 1: THE CONTAINMENT OF THE LEFT Chapter 1: The Dimensions of Social Conflict at the End of World War I 19 The Language of Class Anxiety (1900-1925) 22 Elites--Resilient and Vulnerable 39 Business Accommodation in Germany and France 53 Chapter 2: Politics among the Victors: Issues and Elections in November 1919 88 Bourgeois Cohesion in France 91 Bourgeois Disarray in Italy 109 Chapter 3: The Limits of Economic Restructuring 135 The Evolution of Leftist Objectives 136 Strategies of Bourgeois Defense 153 The Coal Crisis 194 PART II: THE FAILURE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY CENTER Chapter 4: The Politics of Reparation 233 The Wager on "Fulfillment" 233 Reparation, Taxes, and the Demands of German Heavy Industry 249 The Bankruptcy of Moderation (1922) 272 Chapter 5: The Attrition of the Liberal Regime in Italy 305 The Political Ecology of Fascism 305 From Giolitti to Mussolini: The Liberals' Search for Order 322 PART III: PATHS TOWARD CORPORATIST STABILITY Chapter 6: Between Nationalism and Corporatism: The Ruhr Conflict 355 Inflation, Social Democracy, and the Challenge to Sovereignty in Germany 356 Corporatist Forces voices Poincare and Stresemann 387 Chapter 7: Majorities without Mandates: Issues and Elections in the Spring of 1924 421 The Limits of Mussolini's Majority 422 The Limits of Social Democratic Eclipse 440 The Limits of the Cartel des Gauches 458 Chapter 8: Achieving Stability 481 Inflation, Revaluation, and the Decomposition of Parliamentary Politics 483 Iron, Steel, and the International Organization of Capitalism 516 Corporative State in Corporatist Europe 545 Conclusion: The Structure and Limits of Stability 579 Bibliography 595 Index 609
