Research Catalog

Title

Working class politics in the German Revolution : Richard Müller, the revolutionary shop stewards and the origins of the council movement / by Ralf Hoffrogge ; translated by Joseph B. Keady ; edited by Radhika Desai.

Author

Hoffrogge, Ralf, 1980-

Publication

Leiden : Brill, 2014.

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Additional Authors

Desai, Radhika, 1963-

Description

xiv, 253 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"Richard Müller, a leading figure of the German Revolution in 1918, is unknown today. As the operator and unionist who represented Berlin's metalworkers, he was main organiser of the 'Revolutionary Stewards', a clandestine network that organised a series of mass strikes between 1916 and 1918. With strong support in the factories, the Revolutionary Stewards were the driving force of the Revolution. By telling Müller's story, this study gives a very different account of the revolutionary birth of the Weimar Republic. Using new archival sources and abandoning the traditional focus on the history of political parties, Ralf Hoffrogge zooms in on working class politics on the shop floor and its contribution to social change. First published in German ... this English edition was completely revised for the English speaking audience and contains new sources and recent literature"--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Historical Materialism Book Series ; 77

Uniform Title

• Richard Müller. English
• Historical materialism book series ; 77.

Alternative Title

Richard Müller.

Subjects

• Labor movement > Germany > History > 20th century
• Labor unions > Germany > Officials and employees > Biography
• Germany > Politics and government > 1918-1933
• Müller, Richard, 1880-1943
• Germany > Social conditions > 1918-1933
• Revolutionaries > Germany > Biography
• Shop stewards > Germany > History > 20th century
• Working class > Political activity > Germany > History > 20th century
• Germany > History > Revolution, 1918

Note

• "First published in German by Karl Dietz Verlag as Richard Müller : der Mann hinter der November Revolution, Berlin, 2008"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (psges 238 - 250) and index.

Contents

Introduction: A Forgotten Revolutionary -- Background, Youth, and Early Union Activities : 1880-1913 -- Opposition to the Burgfrieden : 1914-1918 -- The Revolutionary Shop Stewards and Political Mass Strikes : 1916-1918 -- The Revolutionary Shop Stewards and Political Mass Strikes : 1916-1918 -- The German Revolution in Berlin, 1918 -- Chairman of the Berlin Executive Council : 1918-1919 -- Richard Muller and the Council Movement : 1918-1919 -- From Council Movement to Works Councils : 1919-1920 -- From Council Socialism to Party Communism and Beyond : 1920-1924 -- Richard Muller as Historian of the German Revolution : 1923-1925 -- Footnotes and Suppression : Richard Muller's Impact on Historiography -- Break with Politics, Withdrawal into Private Life : 1925-1943 -- 13 Conclusion: The Darkness of History.

Call Number

JFE 14-5523

ISBN

• 9789004219212 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 9004219218 (hardback : acid-free paper)
• 9789004280069 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014027750

OCLC

882896647

Author

Hoffrogge, Ralf, 1980-

Title

Working class politics in the German Revolution : Richard Müller, the revolutionary shop stewards and the origins of the council movement / by Ralf Hoffrogge ; translated by Joseph B. Keady ; edited by Radhika Desai.

Publisher

Leiden : Brill, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Historical Materialism Book Series ; 77

Historical materialism book series ; 77.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (psges 238 - 250) and index.

Added Author

Desai, Radhika, 1963-

Research Call Number

JFE 14-5523