Offers a global comparative perspective and gives insight into the contemporary global recession Compares the answers to the economic crisis of Germany, Italy, Austria, and Spain with an opposite European perspective—the Swedish example—but also to other global perspectives and their political consequences in Japan, China, India, Turkey, Brazil, and the United States. Shows a wide range of reactions in the past, some of which led to catastrophe.
Offers a global comparative perspective and gives insight into the contemporary global recession Compares the answers to the economic crisis of Germany, Italy, Austria, and Spain with an opposite European perspective—the Swedish example—but also to other global perspectives and their political consequences in Japan, China, India, Turkey, Brazil, and the United States. Shows a wide range of reactions in the past, some of which led to catastrophe.
Wolfgang Maderthaner has been the scientific and administrative director of the Austrian Labour History Society since 1983 and was appointed General Director of the Austrian National Archives in April 2012. He has published in several languages, most recently der Rest ist Österreich. Das Werden der Ersten Republik 1918-1920 (2008), Neoliberalismus und die Krise des Sozialen. Das Beispiel Österreich (2010), and L¿autoliquidation de la raison. Les sciences de la culture et la crise du social (2010).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Helmut Konrad and Wolfgang Maderthaner Chapter 1. Crisis and Workers' Movements Ferdinand Lacina Chapter 2. The Significance of February, 1934 in Austria in both National and International Context Helmut Konrad Chapter 3. Avalanches of Spring: The Great War, Modernism, and the Rise of Austro-fascism Roger Griffin Chapter 4. Der italienische Faschismus im Spannungsfeld zwischen Reaktion und Moderne Karin Priester Chapter 5. Hitler's Dictatorship: His Role as "Leader" in the Nazi Regime Hans Mommsen Chapter 6. The Second Spanish Republic: The Challenges Facing a Democracy in Troubled Times Vicent Sanz Rozalén Chapter 7. The Crisis in the 1930¿s and the Rise to Power of the Swedish Social Democrats Bengt Schüllerqvist Chapter 8. The United States in the Great Depression: Was the Fascist Door Open? Nelson Lichtenstein Chapter 9. Turkey in the first World Crisis: From Authoritarianism to Totalitarianism Erik-Jan Zürcher Chapter 10. Brazil in the 1930s: State Building, Nationalism and Working-Class Agency Alexandre Fortes and Paulo Fontes Chapter 11. Labour, Organisation and Gender: The Jute Industry in India in the 1930s Samita Sen Chapter 12. Japan's Way Out of the Crisis of the 1930s as a Strategy for Overcoming Modernity Hiroko Mizuno Chapter 13. Reappraising the Nanjing Decade (1927-1937): Modernizing China during the World Economic Crisis Zhu, Weigelin-Schwiedrzik List of Contributors Bibliography Index
Introduction Helmut Konrad and Wolfgang Maderthaner Chapter 1. Crisis and Workers' Movements Ferdinand Lacina Chapter 2. The Significance of February, 1934 in Austria in both National and International Context Helmut Konrad Chapter 3. Avalanches of Spring: The Great War, Modernism, and the Rise of Austro-fascism Roger Griffin Chapter 4. Der italienische Faschismus im Spannungsfeld zwischen Reaktion und Moderne Karin Priester Chapter 5. Hitler's Dictatorship: His Role as "Leader" in the Nazi Regime Hans Mommsen Chapter 6. The Second Spanish Republic: The Challenges Facing a Democracy in Troubled Times Vicent Sanz Rozalén Chapter 7. The Crisis in the 1930¿s and the Rise to Power of the Swedish Social Democrats Bengt Schüllerqvist Chapter 8. The United States in the Great Depression: Was the Fascist Door Open? Nelson Lichtenstein Chapter 9. Turkey in the first World Crisis: From Authoritarianism to Totalitarianism Erik-Jan Zürcher Chapter 10. Brazil in the 1930s: State Building, Nationalism and Working-Class Agency Alexandre Fortes and Paulo Fontes Chapter 11. Labour, Organisation and Gender: The Jute Industry in India in the 1930s Samita Sen Chapter 12. Japan's Way Out of the Crisis of the 1930s as a Strategy for Overcoming Modernity Hiroko Mizuno Chapter 13. Reappraising the Nanjing Decade (1927-1937): Modernizing China during the World Economic Crisis Zhu, Weigelin-Schwiedrzik List of Contributors Bibliography Index
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