The unfree professions : German lawyers, teachers, and engineers, 1900-1950 / Konrad H. Jarausch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarausch, Konrad H. (Konrad Hugo), 1941- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professional employees--Government policy--Germany--History--20th century.

Professional employees.

Professions--Government policy--Germany--History--20th century.

Professions.

Lawyers--Germany--History--20th century.

Lawyers.

Teachers--Legal status, laws, etc--Germany--History--20th century.

Teachers.

Engineers--Legal status, laws, etc--Germany--History--20th century.

Engineers.

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How could educated professionals have supported the Nazi movement and collaborated with Hitler's inhuman policies? Jarausch examines this fascinating and largely unexplored subject, tracing the social, ideological, and political development of three representative German professions--law, teaching, and engineering--from the late Empire to the early Federal Republic. Based on a reformulated professionalization theory and on authoritative statistics, he describes professional prosperity and prestige in the Second Reich and analyzes the social crisis brought on by hyperinflation, stabilization, a

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Tables; 1. Professionalization German Style; I: PROFESSIONS IN CRISIS; II: PROFESSIONALS AS ACCOMPLICES; Appendix A. Statistical Tables; Appendix B. A Note on Sources; Notes; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-334) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771754-3

1-280-60526-X

0-19-536450-3

OCLC:

455971474