A History of Modern Germany: 1871 to PresentCovering the entire period of modern German history - from nineteenth-century imperial Germany right through the present - this well-established text presents a balanced, general survey of the country's political division in 1945 and runs through its reunification in the present. Detailing foreign policy as well as political, economic and social developments, A History of Modern Germany presents a central theme of the problem of asymmetrical modernization in the country's history as it fully explores the complicated path of Germany's troubled past and stable present. |
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Page 19
... voters whose taxes made up the last one - third of the tax income as well as all voters who paid no direct taxes at all . The result was an extreme form of political dis- crimination : The relatively small number of voters in the first ...
... voters whose taxes made up the last one - third of the tax income as well as all voters who paid no direct taxes at all . The result was an extreme form of political dis- crimination : The relatively small number of voters in the first ...
Page 77
... voters into elec- toral classes should be undertaken at the precinct rather than the district level . Under this scheme , relatively wealthy voters in poorer precincts would be classified in one of the first two classes , rather than ...
... voters into elec- toral classes should be undertaken at the precinct rather than the district level . Under this scheme , relatively wealthy voters in poorer precincts would be classified in one of the first two classes , rather than ...
Page 273
... voters from virtually all economic strata . As a result , the social profile of the party's membership also changed . In 1960 , 55.7 percent of the SPD's members were blue - collar workers and only 21.2 percent were salaried employees ...
... voters from virtually all economic strata . As a result , the social profile of the party's membership also changed . In 1960 , 55.7 percent of the SPD's members were blue - collar workers and only 21.2 percent were salaried employees ...
Contents
Germany 18161866 | 2 |
CHAPTER | 7 |
The Lost Decade of the 1850s | 20 |
Copyright | |
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