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Book SynopsisTim Mason formerly of St Peter's College, Oxford Translated from the German by John Broadwin
Trade Review'... an outstanding empirical analysis of Nazi-Germany in peacetime.'The Economic History Review'Even for those who are aware of Mason's pioneering work on the Third Reich, this edition is a 'must' ... highly recommended.'History and Politics'... a monument to scholarship.'Patterns of Prejudice'... 'Sozialpolitik im Dritten Reich', of which the above-mentioned volume is the first English translation, has become a classic.'European Studies Newsletter'... a superb and concise survey of many of the key debates about National Socialism over the last twenty years.'German History
Table of ContentsThe legacy of 1918 for national socialism; national socialism and the working class, 1925 to May 1933; the revolution of class; the condition of the working class in Germany, 1933-1936 - employment creation programmes, wages, living standards and the state social policy; labour policy and social ideology, 1934-1936; labour policy, rearmament and war, September 1936 to December 1939 - social consequences of rearmament, the regime's reaction to the impending crisis, concluding remarks. Epilogue: introduction; class; domestic crisis and war, 1939; 1939-1945.
