Current Trends in Research on the German Workers' Movement and Labor History

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ID11211685
AuthorsAdelheid Von Saldern (0000-0002-9817-9314, Leibniz University Hannover, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume45
Pages120-132
Publication date1994-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Labor and Working-Class History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0147-5479 • E-ISSN: 1471-6445
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0147547900012515
OpenAlexW2007408851
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Labor history certainly has not been a favorite topic recently among German scholars. During the last fifteen years there has been a remarkable shift from working-class history to an interest in other classes and groups, particularly the bourgeoisie, as evidenced by a current voluminous project in Bielefeld. Several women historians are committed to studying the history of women; other researchers are analyzing social minorities or the history of professions. Another trend can be seen in historians "occupying" the traditional topics of other disciplines such as architecture and city planning, art and literature, or sport and the mass media. German unification offers new opportunities for analyzing East German history by using newly available sources. Nevertheless, a range of new and interesting books on workers' history recently has appeared in Germany

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