Poverty and Welfare in Modern German History

Lutz Raphael is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Trier. He has been a visiting professor at the EHESS, University of Paris VII-Denis Diderot, European Studies Center, St Antony's College Oxford, and the London School of Economics. His recent books include Imperiale Gewalt und Mobilisierte Nation. Europa 1914-1945 (2011), Theorien und Experimente der Moderne. Europas Gesellschaften im 20. Jahrhundert (2012), and Nach dem Boom. Perspektiven der Zeitgeschichte seit 1970 (with Anselm Doering-Manteuffel, 2012).

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Poverty and Welfare in Modern German History: Recent Trends and New Perspectives in Current Research Chapter 1. The Economy of Love: Welfare and Poor Relief in Catholic Territories of the Holy Roman Empire (1500 to 1800) Sebastian Schmidt Chapter 2. German Pauper Letters and Petitions for Relief: New Perspectives on Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Poor Relief Andreas Gestrich Chapter 3. Vagabonds in the German Empire: Mobility, Unemployment, and the Transformation of Social Policies (1870-1914) Beate Althammer Chapter 4. The Welfare State and Poverty in the Weimar Republic Wilfried Rudloff Chapter 5. Welfare, Mobilization, and the Nazi Society Nicole Kramer Chapter 6. Who Cares?: Gender, Poverty and Welfare in West Germany Christiane Kuller Chapter 7. A 'New Social Question'?: Politics, Social Sciences and the Rediscovery of Poverty in Post-Boom Western Germany Winfried Suss Chapter 8. The New Poverty: Trends and Debates in Contemporary Germany Olaf Groh-Samberg

"This is an extremely well-executed volume, featuring state-of-the-art historical research from a list of first-rate historians. It is informed by both cultural and social history, and while the focus is on Germany, it has a comparative spirit, embedding the German case in a broader framework." * Peter Starke, University of Southern Denmark