German lawyers, teachers, and engineers, 1900-1950 /
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Konrad H. Jarausch.
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New York :
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Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xiv, 352 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-334) and index.
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.