The Unfree Professions: German Lawyers, Teachers, and Engineers, 1900-1950

by Konrad H. Jarausch

Book Overview

How could educated professionals have supported the Nazi movement and collaborated with Hitler's inhuman policies? Jarausch examines this fascinating and largely unexplored subject, tracing the social, ideological, and political development of three representative German professions--law, teaching, and engineering--from the late Empire to the early Federal Republic. Based on a reformulated professionalization theory and on authoritative statistics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195044827
• ISBN13: 9780195044829
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.4"