Mercedes in Peace and War : German Automobile Workers, 1903-1945 / Bernard P. Bellon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellon, Bernard P., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1990]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the work, workers, and labor movement in the factory complex of the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Daimler-Benz Aktien-Gesellschaft from the opening in 1903 until 1945. Also emphasizes the social-political aspects of the time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TABLES

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

1. THE GERMAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY AND THE DAIMLER-MOTOREN- GESELLSCHAFT: THE MERCEDES MYTHOS

2. WORK AND WORKERS AT DAIMLER, 1903-1914

3. THE WORKERS' MOVEMENT AT DAIMLER, 1903-1914

4. WORLD WAR I AT THE DAIMLER-MOTOREN- GESELLSCHAFT

5. RED STAR OVER MERCEDES: DAIMLER WORKERS AND THE REVOLUTION, NOVEMBER 1918 TO JANUARY 1920

6. THE END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA IN UNTERTUERKHEIM

7. CRISIS AND NEW ORDER, 1929-1945: NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND A MODEL COMPANY

CONCLUSIONS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88647-0

OCLC:

1100451312