The Tragedy of European Labor 1918-1939 / / Adolf Sturmthal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Sturmthal, Adolf,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1943]; ©1943
• Year of Publication: 1943
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)

Presents a theory of the European Labor movement from 1918-1939, while taking into account the fact that European labor has grown up in a society where democratic compromise was lacking and the feudal tradition of a hierarchical society allocated to everyone a distinct status.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface to the Second Printing -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Why Labor Failed -- 1. Pressure Group or Political Action -- 2. From Revolutionary Party to Pressure Group -- 3. Leninism -- Part II. The Failure of a Revolution -- 4. Herman Müller – Paradigm of the German Worker -- 5. The Socialists and the Revolution -- 6. The Stabilization of the Middle-Class Republic -- Part III. Labor in the Great Depression -- 7. “Doctor or Heir” -- 8. British Labor Blunders Through -- 9. German Labor’s “Toleration” Policy -- 10. The Failure of the French New Deal -- 11. Swedish Labor’s Success -- Part IV. The Rise of Fascism -- 12. The Emergence of Fascism: Italy -- 13. A Fascist Defeat: Austria -- 14. Hitler Wins -- 15. The Cannon of February -- 16. New Labor Tactics: Neo-Socialism and Labor Plans -- Part V. Fascism on the International Scene -- 17. Socialist Foreign Policy and Fascism -- 18. The Popular Front -- 19. War in Spain -- 20. Labor’s Road to Munich -- 21. Into the Abyss -- Part VI. Outlook -- 22. The Underground Movement -- 23. A New Opportunity -- Bibliographical Notes -- Index