The German Experience of Professionalization

• Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part I. The Problem of Professions in Germany: 1. Introduction; 2. Problems and methods in the history of modern German professions; Part II. The Transition to Modern Professions in the Early Nineteenth Century: 3. The beginnings of modern professions in Germany; 4. Professions between revolution and unification; Part III. Unified Professions in a Unified Germany?; 5. The organization of the 'free' professions: medicine, law, engineering, and chemistry; 6. Organization of state-service professions: teachers and the clergy; 7. Professional credentials in the new Reich; Part IV. Breakthrough and Breakdowns: The Professions Enter the Era of Cartels and Unions: 8. The 'free' professions, 1900–1918; 9. Law-based professions, 1900–1918; Part V. The Weimar era: 10. The 'free' professions under Weimar; 11. Professions based on law and pedagogy in the Weimar era; Part VI. The Fate of Professions Under and After Fascism: 12. Collaboration, coordination, and professionalization; 13. Conclusion; A word about sources; Index.

"McClelland has provided a valuable survey of national organizations and periods of professional development which will provide a framework for more detailed future research, and which usefully links the history of professional groups to the history of state and society." Canadian Journal of History