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Antimodernism, a popular movement growing out of fear and hostility toward an emerging new world, became a central ideological trend in late nineteenth-century Europe. Shulamit Volkov explains its development in Germany by providing a biography of one group--the urban master artisans--whose political attitudes came to be dominated by antimodernist



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Bibliographical Abbreviations, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*1. The Impact of Industrialization, pg. 32*2. The Effects of the Great Depression, pg. 61*3. The Break between Masters and Men, pg. 95*4. Mittelstand and Master Artisans, pg. 123*5. Apathy, Fragmentation, Disorientation, pg. 147*6. The Desertion of Liberalism, pg. 172*7. Competition for the Masters' Vote, pg. 192*8. The Appeal of the Extremes, pg. 215*9. The Isolation of Interest-Group Politics, pg. 237*10. Political Homelessness, pg. 266*11. Popular Antimodernism, pg. 297*Epilogue, pg. 326*Bibliography, pg. 355*Index, pg. 387

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691614847, 978-0691614847
      ISBN10: 0691614849
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      Book Synopsis

      Antimodernism, a popular movement growing out of fear and hostility toward an emerging new world, became a central ideological trend in late nineteenth-century Europe. Shulamit Volkov explains its development in Germany by providing a biography of one group--the urban master artisans--whose political attitudes came to be dominated by antimodernist



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Bibliographical Abbreviations, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*1. The Impact of Industrialization, pg. 32*2. The Effects of the Great Depression, pg. 61*3. The Break between Masters and Men, pg. 95*4. Mittelstand and Master Artisans, pg. 123*5. Apathy, Fragmentation, Disorientation, pg. 147*6. The Desertion of Liberalism, pg. 172*7. Competition for the Masters' Vote, pg. 192*8. The Appeal of the Extremes, pg. 215*9. The Isolation of Interest-Group Politics, pg. 237*10. Political Homelessness, pg. 266*11. Popular Antimodernism, pg. 297*Epilogue, pg. 326*Bibliography, pg. 355*Index, pg. 387

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