Modernizing Bavaria : the politics of Franz Josef Strauss and the CSU, 1949-1969 / Mark S. Milosch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milosch, Mark S., 1964- author.

Series:

Monographs in German history ; v. 15

Monographs in German history Modernizing Bavaria

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strauss, Franz Josef, 1915-1988.

Strauss, Franz Josef.

Christlich-Soziale Union--History--Germany--Bavaria.

Christlich-Soziale Union.

Political parties--Germany--Bavaria--History.

Political parties.

Bavaria (Germany)--Politics and government--1945-.

Bavaria (Germany).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 196 p. )

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In 1949 Bavaria was not only the largest and best known but also the poorest, most agricultural, and most industrially backward region of Germany. It was further its most politically conservative region. The largest political party in Bavaria was the Christian Social Union (CSU), an extremely conservative, even reactionary, regional party. In the ensuing twenty years, the leaders of the CSU's small liberal wing (in particular Franz Josef Strauss, long-time party chair and the most colorful and polarizing politician in postwar Germany) broke with the anti-industrial traditions of Bavarian Catholic politics and made themselves useful to industry. With tactical brilliance the politicians pursued their individual political ambitions, rather than a coherent modernization strategy, which, by 1969, had turned Bavaria into a prosperous Land, the center of Germany's new aerospace, defense, and energy industries, with a disproportionate share of its research institutes."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction. Bavaria, 1949

Chapter 1. Industrial Modernization Just Below the Horizon, 1949–1954

Chapter 2. Inventing a Politics of Modernization, 1954–1957

Chapter 3. The Great Leap Forward, 1957–1962

Chapter 4. New Tactics in a Time of Transition, 1963–1969

Conclusion. Bavaria, 1969

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-188) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78920-604-9

1-84545-123-6

OCLC:

1453645042