TY - BOOK AU - Desai, Radhika AU - Hoffrogge, Ralf TI - Working class politics in the German Revolution : Richard Müller, the revolutionary shop stewards and the origins of the council movement SN - 9789004219212 (hardback : acid-free paper) U1 - 331.809 HOF PY - 2014/// CY - Leiden PB - Brill KW - Labor movement - Germany - History - 20th century KW - Working class - Political activity - Germany - History - 20th century KW - Management and Business Studies KW - Shop stewards - Germany - History - 20th century KW - Germany - Social conditions - 1918-1933 KW - Germany - Politics and government - 1918-1933 KW - Labor unions - Germany - Officials and employees - Biography KW - Müller, Richard, 1880-1943 KW - Germany - History - Revolution, 1918 KW - Revolutionaries - Germany - Biography N1 -

"First published in German by Karl Dietz Verlag as Richard Müller : der Mann hinter der November Revolution, Berlin, 2008"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (psges 238 - 250) and index.

; 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 N2 - "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 ER -