Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The British and German Traditions; 3. Protestant Social Thought, 1925-1929; 4. Response to the Economic Crisis, 1930-1933; 5. The Social Message and the Nazi State, 1933-1937; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary
The Great Depression devastated the economies of both Germany and Great Britain. Yet the middle classes in the two countries responded in vastly different ways. German Protestants, perceiving a choice among a Bolshevik-style revolution, the chaos and decadence of Weimar liberalism, and Nazi authoritarianism, voted Hitler into power and then acquiesced in the resulting dictatorship. In Britain, Labour and Tory politicians moved gingerly together to form a National Government that muddled through the Depression with piecemeal reform. In this troubling book about troubled times, Kenneth Barnes loo
