Social Democracy and the Working Class: in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century GermanyThis is a powerful and original survey of German social democracy breaks new ground in covering the movement's full span, from its origins after the French Revolution, to the present day. Stefan Berger looks beyond narrow party political history to relate Social Democracy to other working class identities in the period and sets the German experience within its wider European context. This timely book considers both the background and long-term perspective on the current rethinking of Social Democratic ideas and values, not only in Germany but also in France, Britain and elsewhere. |
Contents
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The Origins of Social Democratic Identity 17891875 | 1854 |
Between Isolation and Integration 18711918 | 1882 |
In Defence of the Republican State 19181933 | |
Social Democracy under Conditions of Illegality 19331989 | |
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