Nazism and the Working Class in Austria: Industrial Unrest and Political Dissent in the 'National Community'The image of Hitler as a demagogic 'pied piper' leading astray the 'little people' of Austria is as misleading as it is powerful. Nazism and the Working Class in Austria is a case study of the ambiguous relationship between state and society in Austria under the Nazis. It places the experience of Austrian industrial workers in the Third Reich in a broader historical context, from the origins of the earliest 'national socialist' movements in the backwaters of the Habsburg empire to the end of the Second World War. Workers did not seriously attempt or even expect to overthrow the Nazi regime in the face of unprecedented surveillance and terror; but neither were they converted, and their oppositional strategies and disgruntled political opinions reveal a truculent workforce, rather than one that was contented and converted. |
Contents
The radical Right before 1914 | 20 |
Austrian fascisms Austrofascism and the working class | 26 |
Popular disappointment and developments in labour discipline | 56 |
Work discipline in the war economy | 86 |
Popular opinion and political protest in workingclass | 109 |
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Nazism and the Working Class in Austria: Industrial Unrest and Political ... Timothy Kirk Limited preview - 2002 |
Nazism and the Working Class in Austria: Industrial Unrest and Political ... Timothy Kirk No preview available - 1996 |
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