Hitler's Economy Nazi Work Creation Programs, 1933-1936

Name: Hitler's Economy Nazi Work Creation Programs, 1933-1936
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ISBN: 9780674740716

ISBN-10: 0674740718

ISBN-13: 9780674740716

Edition: 1998

Authors: Dan P. Silverman

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When Hitler assumed the German chancellorship in January 1933, 34 percent of Germany's work force was unemployed. By 1936, before Hitler's rearmament program took hold of the economy, most of the jobless had disappeared from official unemployment statistics. How did the Nazis put Germany back to work? Was the recovery genuine? If so, how and why was it so much more successful than that of other industrialized nations? Hitler's Economy addresses these questions and contributes to our understanding of the internal dynamics and power structure of the Nazi regime in the early years of the Third Reich. Dan Silverman focuses on Nazi direct work creation programs, utilizing rich archival…

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List price: $101.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 8/31/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Dan P. Silverman is Professor of European History at Pennsylvania State University.



Preface


Introduction National Socialist Labor Market Statistics: Fact or Fiction?


Financing Germany's Economic Recovery


National Socialist Work Creation from Theory to Practice


Work Creation in Action: The Conquest of Unemployment


Race Policy, Agricultural Policy, and Work Creation: The Hellmuth Plan for the Rhon


Local and Regional Efforts in the "Battle for Work"


Road Building: "Motorization," Work Creation, and Preparation for War


The "Voluntary" Labor Service under National Socialism


From Creating Jobs to Allocating Labor


The Nazi Economic Achievement: A Comparative Evaluation Appendix


Notes


Sources


Index