The German Worker : Working-Class Autobiographies from the Age of Industrialization / Alfred Kelly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kelly, Alfred, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Germany--Biography.

Working class.

Working class--Germany--History--19th century.

Proletariat--History.

Proletariat.

Germany--Economic conditions--19th century.

Germany.

Germany--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1987]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the two generations before World War I, Germany emerged as Europe's foremost industrial power. The basic facts of increasing industrial output, lengthening railroad lines, urbanization, and rising exports are well known. Behind those facts, in the historical shadows, stand millions of anonymous men and women: the workers who actually put down the railroad ties, hacked out the coal, sewed the shirt collars, printed the books, or carried the bricks that made Germany a great nation. This book contains translated selections from the autobiographies of nineteen of those now-forgotten millions. The thirteen men and six women who speak from these pages afford an intimate firsthand look at how massive social and economic changes are reflected on a personal level in the everyday lives of workers. Although some of these autobiographies are familiar to specialists in German labor history, they are virtually unknown and inaccessible to the broader audience they deserve. This book provides translations that are at once useful, interesting, and entertaining to a wide range of historians, students, and general readers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

A Note about Currencies

Introduction

Karl Fischer, Railroad Excavator

Ottilie Baader, Seamstress

Franz Bergg, Apprentice Waiter

Wenzel Holek, Brickyard Worker

Adelheid Popp, Factory Worker

Doris Viersbeck, Cook and House Maid

Nikolaus Osterroth, Clay Miner

Franz Rehbein, Farm Worker

A City Man on a Farm

Moritz Bromme, Woodworker and Metalworker

A Barmaid

Otto Krille, Factory Worker

Ernst Schuchardt, Workhouse Weaver

Ludwig Turek, Child Tobacco Worker

Max Lotz, Coal Miner

Frau Hoffmann, Retired Maid

Eugen May, Turner

Aurelia Roth, Glass Grinder

Fritz Pauk, Cigar Maker

Suggestions for Further Reading in English

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612355332

9781282355330

1282355333

9780520908499

052090849X

9780585078915

0585078912

OCLC:

630527826