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Contested city : municipal politics and the rise of Nazism in Altona, 1917-1937 / Anthony McElligott.
LIBRA DD901.H28 M42 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McElligott, Anthony, 1955-
- Series:
- Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Municipal government.
- Political parties.
- Hamburg-Altona (Hamburg, Germany)--Politics and government.
- Hamburg-Altona (Hamburg, Germany).
- Hamburg (Germany)--Politics and government.
- Hamburg (Germany).
- National socialism--Germany--Hamburg.
- National socialism.
- Germany--Hamburg.
- Political parties--Germany--Hamburg.
- Municipal government--Germany--Hamburg.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1998]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- "Rowdies" in Altona's Rathaus: politics and conflicts, 1917-1933
- A clash of cultures: slum life and welfare, 1918-1932
- "Save us from Altona!": the battle against incorporation, 1924-1927
- Economic struggles: the local state and business interests, 1924-1932
- Street politics in the crisis, 1930-1933
- "Under the sign of the swastika!": the divided Volksgemeinschaft, 1933-1937
- Conclusion: local state, central state, and contested state.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-320) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0472109294
- OCLC:
- 39169900
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