Quantifying Resistance: Political Crime and the People's Court in Nazi Germany b

Description: Quantifying Resistance by Wayne Geerling, Gary Magee This book presents and uses a major, new database of the most serious forms of internal resistance to the Nazi state to study empirically the whole phenomenon of resistance to an authoritarian regime. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book presents and uses a major, new database of the most serious forms of internal resistance to the Nazi state to study empirically the whole phenomenon of resistance to an authoritarian regime. By studying serious political resistance from a quantitative historical perspective, the book opens up a new avenue of research for economic history.The database underpinning the book was painstakingly compiled from official state records of treason and/or high treason tried before the German Peoples Court (Volksgerichtshof) between 1933 and 1945. It brings together material on resistance groups stored in the archives of the Federal Republic of Germany and Austria with previously inaccessible files from the former German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union. Through searching these records, the authors have been able to reconstruct in hitherto unattainable detail the economic, social, political, ethnic and familial profiles, backgrounds, and influences of all 4,378 civilians of the Third Reich active in Germany, Austria and the outside territories for whom there are complete records.The findings of their research afford fresh, new interdisciplinary insights and perspectives, not only on the configuration, timing, impact and profile of resistance to the Nazi state, but also on a range of real-world behaviours common within authoritarian states, such as defection, reward and punishment, and commitment to group identities. The books statistical analysis reveals precisely the who, how, where and when of serious resistance. In so doing, it advances significantly our understanding of the overall pattern and nature of serious resistance within Nazi Germany. Back Cover This book presents and uses a major, new database of the most serious forms of internal resistance to the Nazi state to study empirically the whole phenomenon of resistance to an authoritarian regime. By studying serious political resistance from a quantitative historical perspective, the book opens up a new avenue of research for economic history. The database underpinning the book was painstakingly compiled from official state records of treason and/or high treason tried before the German Peoples Court (Volksgerichtshof) between 1933 and 1945. It brings together material on resistance groups stored in the archives of the Federal Republic of Germany and Austria with previously inaccessible files from the former German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union. Through searching these records, the authors have been able to reconstruct in hitherto unattainable detail the economic, social, political, ethnic and familial profiles, backgrounds, and influences of all 4,378 civilians of the Third Reich active in Germany, Austria and the outside territories for whom there are complete records. The findings of their research afford fresh, new interdisciplinary insights and perspectives, not only on the configuration, timing, impact and profile of resistance to the Nazi state, but also on a range of real-world behaviours common within authoritarian states, such as defection, reward and punishment, and commitment to group identities. The books statistical analysis reveals precisely the who, how, where and when of serious resistance. In so doing, it advances significantly our understanding of the overall pattern and nature of serious resistance within Nazi Germany. Author Biography Wayne Geerling is Senior Lecturer at the University of Arizona, and has previously worked at Pennsylvania State University and La Trobe University in Australia. He has been a visitor to the University of Southern Denmark and Helmut Schmidt University. His research expertise lies in the areas of modern European economic history, and economics education.Gary Magee is Professor of Economics and Deputy Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Business & Economics at Monash University. He has held academic positions at the Australian National University, the University of Melbourne, La Trobe, and the University of London and has had visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the China Development Institute, the University of Leeds, the University of Johannesburg, the University of Stellenbosch, and the Center for the History of American Business, Technology and Society at the University of Delaware. He has publishedwidely in the fields of technological change, economic history and industrial development. In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in the UK in recognition of his work in economic history. Table of Contents 1. Introduction.- 2. Sources.- 3. Times and Places.- 4. Faces and Contexts.- 5. Groups and Organisations.- 6. Crimes and Punishments.- 7. Impacts and Implications. Feature Applies quantitative economic and social science techniques to the analysis of resistance behavior in Nazi Germany Offers new insights on resistance to Nazi Germany and authoritarian states more generally Affords fresh interdisciplinary perspectives on a range of real-world behaviours common within authoritarian states Details ISBN981106007X Author Gary Magee Publisher Springer Verlag, Singapore Series Studies in Economic History Year 2017 Edition 1st ISBN-10 981106007X ISBN-13 9789811060076 Format Hardcover Imprint Springer Verlag, Singapore Place of Publication Singapore Country of Publication Singapore Language English Pages 194 DEWEY 330.94309043 Media Book Publication Date 2017-09-18 Short Title Quantifying Resistance Translator Yan Liu Edited by Zeguang Lu Birth 1974 Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology Position journalist Qualifications S. J. Edition Description 1st ed. 2017 Subtitle Political Crime and the Peoples Court in Nazi Germany Alternative 9789811355479 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Illustrations 17 Illustrations, color; 4 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 194 p. 21 illus., 17 illus. in color. We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127857825;

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