ISBN:
9780520908499
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052090849X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 438 p., [16] p. of plates)
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ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version German worker
DDC:
305.5620922
Keywords:
Working class Biography
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Germany
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Working class History
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19th century
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Germany
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Proletariat History
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Proletariat History
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Working class History 19th century
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Working class Biography
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Working class History 19th century
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Proletariat History
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Working class Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Social Scientists & Psychologists
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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HISTORY ; Europe ; General
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Economic history
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Proletariat
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Social conditions
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Working class
;
Biographies
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History
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Germany Economic conditions
;
19th century
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Germany Social conditions
;
Germany
;
Germany Economic conditions 19th century
;
Germany Social conditions
;
Germany Economic conditions 19th century
;
Germany Social conditions
;
Germany
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books Biography
;
History
;
Biografie
Abstract:
In the two generations before World War I, Germany emerged as Europe's foremost industrial power. The basic facts of increasing industrial output, lengthening railroad lines, urbanization, and rising exports are well known. Behind those facts, in the historical shadows, stand millions of anonymous men and women: the workers who actually put down the railroad ties, hacked out the coal, sewed the shirt collars, printed the books, or carried the bricks that made Germany a great nation. This book contains translated selections from the autobiographies of nineteen of those now-forgotten millions. The thirteen men and six women who speak from these pages afford an intimate firsthand look at how massive social and economic changes are reflected on a personal level in the everyday lives of workers. Although some of these autobiographies are familiar to specialists in German labor history, they are virtually unknown and inaccessible to the broader audience they deserve. This book provides translations that are at once useful, interesting, and entertaining to a wide range of historians, students, and general readers
Abstract:
Karl Fischer, railroad excavator -- Ottilie Baader, seamstress -- Franz Bergg, apprentice waiter -- Wenzel Holek, brickyard worker -- Adelheid Popp, factory worker -- Doris Viersbeck, cook and house maid -- Nikolaus Osterroth, clay miner -- Franz Rehbein, farm worker -- A city man on a farm -- Moritz Bromme, woodworker and metalworker -- A barmaid -- Otto Krille, factory worker -- Ernst Schuchardt, workhouse weaver -- Ludwig Turek, child tobacco worker -- Max Lotz, coal miner -- Frau Hoffmann, retired maid -- Eugen May, turner -- Aurelia Roth, glass grinder -- Fritz Pauk, cigar maker.
Description / Table of Contents:
Karl Fischer, railroad excavatorOttilie Baader, seamstress -- Franz Bergg, apprentice waiter -- Wenzel Holek, brickyard worker -- Adelheid Popp, factory worker -- Doris Viersbeck, cook and house maid -- Nikolaus Osterroth, clay miner -- Franz Rehbein, farm worker -- A city man on a farm -- Moritz Bromme, woodworker and metalworker -- A barmaid -- Otto Krille, factory worker -- Ernst Schuchardt, workhouse weaver -- Ludwig Turek, child tobacco worker -- Max Lotz, coal miner -- Frau Hoffmann, retired maid -- Eugen May, turner -- Aurelia Roth, glass grinder -- Fritz Pauk, cigar maker.
Note:
Translated from the German. - Includes index. - "Suggestions for further reading in English" (p. 429-431). - Description based on print version record
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Includes index
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Translated from the German
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