Soldiers of Labor: Labor Service in Nazi Germany and New Deal America, 1933–1945 - Couverture rigide

Patel, Kiran Klaus

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521834163 ISBN 13 : 9780521834162

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Originally published in 2005, Soldiers of Labor is a systematic comparison between the labor policies of the Nazi dictatorship and New Deal America. The main subject of the book is the Nazi Labor Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst), a public work scheme that provided work and education for young men. Here, the organizational setup, the educational dimension, and its practical work are extensively examined. Originally, the institution was an instrument in the fight against unemployment at the end of the Weimar Republic. After 1933, it became a Nazi propaganda tool that ultimately became involved in the Nazi's war of extermination. This study examines the similarities and differences, the mutual perceptions, and transfers between the Nazi Labor Service and its New Deal equivalent, the Civilian Conservation Corps. Patel uncovers stunning similarities between the two organizations, as well as President Roosevelt's irritating personal interest in the Nazi equivalent of his pet agency, the CCC.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kiran Klaus Patel is Assistant Professor of History at Humboldt University, Berlin. He is the author of several articles in books and journals, including American Studies and Archiv fur Sozialgeschichte.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521834163
• ISBN 13: 9780521834162
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 462
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie