Routes into abyss: coping with the crises in the 1930s

Abstract

Introduction Helmut Konrad and Wolfgang Maderthaner Chapter 1. Crisis and Workers' Movements Ferdinand Lacina Chapter 2. The Significance of February, 1934 in Austria in both National and International Context Helmut Konrad Chapter 3. Avalanches of Spring: The Great War, Modernism, and the Rise of Austro-fascism Roger Griffin Chapter 4. Der italienische Faschismus im Spannungsfeld zwischen Reaktion und Moderne Karin Priester Chapter 5. Hitler's Dictatorship: His Role as Leader in the Nazi Regime Hans Mommsen Chapter 6. The Second Spanish Republic: The Challenges Facing a Democracy in Troubled Times Vicent Sanz Rozalen Chapter 7. The Crisis in the 1930's and the Rise to Power of the Swedish Social Democrats Bengt Schullerqvist Chapter 8. The United States in the Great Depression: Was the Fascist Door Open? Nelson Lichtenstein Chapter 9. Turkey in the first World Crisis: From Authoritarianism to Totalitarianism Erik-Jan Zurcher Chapter 10. Brazil in the 1930s: State Building, Nationalism and Working-Class Agency Alexandre Fortes and Paulo Fontes Chapter 11. Labour, Organisation and Gender: The Jute Industry in India in the 1930s Samita Sen Chapter 12. Japan's Way Out of the Crisis of the 1930s as a Strategy for Overcoming Modernity Hiroko Mizuno Chapter 13. Reappraising the Nanjing Decade (1927-1937): Modernizing China during the World Economic Crisis Zhu, Weigelin-Schwiedrzik List of Contributors Bibliography Index