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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455214903321

Titolo

Challenges of labour : Central and Western Europe, 1917-1920 / / edited by Chris Wrigley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-280-32560-7

1-134-90143-7

0-203-31044-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WrigleyChris

Disciplina

940.5/1

Soggetti

Protest movements - Europe - History - 20th century

Working class - Europe - Political activity

Electronic books.

Europe Politics and government 20th century

Europe Social conditions 20th century

Europe Economic conditions 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Chris Wrigley; Revolutionary Berlin 1917  20 Dick Geary; Munich in turmoil: social protest and the revolutionary movement 1918  19 Martin H.Geyer; Budapest and the revolutions of 1918 and 1919 Zsuzsa L.Nagy; Vienna: a city in the years of radical change 1917  20 Hans Hautmann; The interregnum: Turin, Fiat and industrial conflict between war and Fascism Giuseppe Berta; Paris 1917  20: labour protest and popular politics Roger Magraw; Working-class mobilisation on the Clyde 1917  20 John Foster

Demobilisation in Germany 1918  19: the gradual erosion of the powers of the soldiers' councils Wolfram Wette The Hungarian peasantry and the revolutions of 1918  19 Ignc Romsics; The fear of revolution in rural Austria: the case of Tyrol Elisabeth Dietrich; Lenin, Italy and fairy-tales 1919  20 Piero Melograni; The state and the challenge of labour in France 1917  20 John Horne; The state and the challenge of labour in Britain 1917  20 Chris Wrigley; Conclusion Chris Wrigley; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays, all published for the first time in English, provide a fresh look at the critical years of 1917-1920 when revolutionary activity and working-class unrest was rife in Europe. Written by leading authorities in the field, the collection gives wide European coverage, examining developments in the rural provinces and key cities of both Western and Central Europe in the period after the Great War. In-depth studies analyse the causes and extent of protest, the factors which contributed to its initial success and failure and the influence of the propertied classes and