The Foreign Worker and the German Labor Movement - Xenophobia and Solidarity in the Coal Fields of the Ruhr, 1871-1914 (Hardcover)

In August 1914 the German labour movement did not oppose the decision to go to war, and workers responded with as much enthusiasm as other social strata: one of the most powerful labour movements in the world failed to live up to the ideal of class solidarity. The movement's relations with foreign workers, particularly Polish coal miners, in the Ruhr in the decades before the war foreshadowed this failure. The rural origins of the Polish migrants and their traditional Catholic religious beliefs led most observers, including their fellow workers as well as recent historians, to view them as obstacles to the labour movement and resistant to working-class consciousness. This study, based on extensive research in archives in Germany and Poland, documents a very different history - one in which Polish miners' militancy exceeded that of native miners, and whose relations with German workers were marked by both xenophobia and solidarity.

General

Imprint:	Berg Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1994
First published:	May 1994
Authors:	John Kulczycki
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-85496-393-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-85496-393-6
Barcode:	9780854963935

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