The Rise of Popular Antimodernism in Germany: The Urban Master Artisans, 1873-1896

First edition. x, 400pp, with occasional charts and tables in text. In brown cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Upper text block edge a little dust marked. Small, discreet stamp on rear endpaper, else neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, a little shelf worn. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Analysis of the interplay between socio-economic conditions and the political behaviour of German master artisans in the latter part of the 19th century, and the part they played in the rise of antimodernism.