John Moses. Trade unionism in Germany from Bismarck to Hitler, 1869-1933.

CONTENTS

Volume One

1869-1918

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

1 – Conflicting Theses: The Assessment of the Trade Union Role in German Politics 1890-1933

2 – German Trade Union Theory: Marxians versus Lassalleans 1847-1869

3 – Trade Union Thinking in Bismarckian Germany to 1878

4 – Trade Unionism under the Anti-Socialist Law 1879-1890

5 – The Wilhelmine Reich as Class State 1890-1914

6 – The Trade Union Struggle—Centralization to Neutralization 1890-1900

7 – The Trade Union Struggle—Equal Status and Recognition, 1900-1914

8 – Trade Unionism and Internationalism—A Conflict of Priorities

9 – In Defence of the Fatherland

10 – The Crucible of War

11 – Between Capitalism and Bolshevism

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Volume Two

1919-1933

12 – The Reckoning at Nuremberg 1919

13 – The Trade Union Stake in Weimar and the Works Councils Law

14 – From Kapp Putsch to Ruhr Struggle 1920-1924

15 – The Rise and Fall of Economic Democracy 1924-1930

16 – The Great Economic Crisis—Conflicting Solutions 1930-1932

17 – Between Resistance and Submission 1932-1933

APPENDICES

I – The “November Pact” 1918

II – Guidelines for the Future Efficacy of the Trade Unions

III – Resolution rescinding the “Mannheim Agreement of 1906”

IV – The Works Councils Act of 4.2.1920

V – ADGB Resolution demanding Job Creation

VI – Re-structuring the Economy—Guidelines

VII – The Development of Unemployment in Germany 1928-1939

VIII – Trade Union Membership in Germany 1912-1918

IX – Trade Union Membership in Germany 1919-1932

X – “Leipart to Hitler” 21 March 1933

XI – Reichstag election results according to parties 1871-1933

XII – Works Councils Elections March 1933