German Communism, Workers’ Protest, and Labor Unions: The Politics of the United Front in Rhineland-Westphalia 1920–1924
Author:   Larry Peterson
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   14
ISBN:  

9780792321118


Pages:   551
Publication Date:   28 February 1993
Format:   Hardback
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German Communism, Workers’ Protest, and Labor Unions: The Politics of the United Front in Rhineland-Westphalia 1920–1924


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This text examines the rise of the German Communist Party in the crucial period between the Kapp Putsch and the stabilization of the Weimar Republic. Based on archival research, its reconstruction of Communist participation in union and protest movements in the key industrial region of Rhineland-Westphalia offers a detailed social analysis of Communist support, organization, and political strategy in German labour unions. By viewing German Communism against the backdrop of industrial structures and economic conditions, this study illuminates the deeper divisions in the German workers' movement that contributed to the tragedy of the Weimar Republic.

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Author:   Larry Peterson
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   14
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.004kg
ISBN:  

9780792321118


ISBN 10:   0792321111
Pages:   551
Publication Date:   28 February 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Labor Unions and the German Left before 1920.- One: The KPD, the Labor Unions, and Economic Movements in Rhineland-Westphalia, 1920–1924.- 2: The Unified KPD’s Offensive in the Labor Unions and the March Action: Brithpangs of an Industrial Strategy.- 3: Heran an die Massen! The United Front in the Unions.- 4: Hyperinflation, Rank-and-File Action, and Revolutionary Politics.- 5: 1923: The Almost Revolution.- 6: The Crisis of the Unions and the KPD.- Two: Structure, Organization, and Political Program.- 7: The Social Structure of the Communist Opposition.- 8: The Industrial Road to Revolution.- 9: Rank-and-File Organization.- 10: Social Transformation of the Unions.- 11: The United Front.- Notes.

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Larry Peterson (1949) received a PhD from Columbia University in 1979, and has been Managing Editor of Comparative Politics since 1983. He published widely about German, American, and comparative labor history.

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