Tag: Artisans

Free Download Frederick L. McKitrick, "From Craftsmen to Capitalists: German Artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953 "
English | ISBN: 1785332481 | 2016 | 308 pages | PDF | 1093 KB
Politically adrift, alienated from Weimar society, and fearful of competition from industrial elites and the working class alike, the independent artisans of interwar Germany were a particularly receptive audience for National Socialist ideology. As Hitler consolidated power, they emerged as an important Nazi constituency, drawn by the party’s rejection of both capitalism and Bolshevism. Yet, in the years after 1945, the artisan class became one of the pillars of postwar stability, thoroughly integrated into German society. From Craftsmen to Capitalists gives the first account of this astonishing transformation, exploring how skilled tradesmen recast their historical traditions and forged alliances with former antagonists to help realize German democratization and recovery.

Free Download Artisans Abroad: British Migrant Workers in Industrialising Europe, 1815-1870 by Fabrice Bensimon
English | May 16, 2023 | ISBN: 0198835841 | 304 pages | MOBI | 18 Mb
Between 1815 and 1870, when European industrialisation was in its infancy and Britain enjoyed a technological lead, thousands of British workers emigrated to the continent. They played a key role in several sectors, like textiles, iron, mechanics, and the railways. These men and women thereby contributed significantly to the industrial take-off in continental Europe. Artisans Abroad examines the lives and trajectories of these workers who emigrated from manufacturing centres in Britain to France, Belgium, Germany, and other countries, considering their mobilities, their culture, their politics, and their relations with the local populations. Fabrice Bensimon reminds us that the British economy was not just oriented towards the Empire and the USA, but also towards the continent, long before the European Union and Brexit, and shows the critical role played by migrant workers in the Industrial Revolution. Artisans Abroad is the first social and cultural history of this forgotten migration.

Free Download From Craftsmen to Capitalists: German Artisans from the Third Reich to the Federal Republic, 1939-1953
by Frederick L. McKitrick
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1785332481 | 308 Pages | ePUB | 1.16 MB

Free Download Paula Hohti Erichsen, "Artisans, Objects and Everyday Life in Renaissance Italy: The Material Culture of the Middling Class "
English | ISBN: 9463722629 | 2020 | 364 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Did ordinary Italians have a ‘Renaissance’? This book presents the first in-depth exploration of how artisans and small local traders experienced the material and cultural Renaissance. Drawing on a rich blend of sixteenth-century visual and archival evidence, it examines how individuals and families at artisanal levels (such as shoemakers, barbers, bakers and innkeepers) lived and worked, managed their household economies and consumption, socialised in their homes, and engaged with the arts and the markets for luxury goods. It demonstrates that although the economic and social status of local craftsmen and traders was relatively low, their material possessions show how these men and women who rarely make it into the history books were fully engaged with contemporary culture, cultural customs and the urban way of life.