Author: Burleigh, Michael ; & Wippermann, Wolfgang
Title: The Racial State: Germany 1933-1945
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2005). 13th printing. orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xiv,386 pp. PAPERBACK. Minor rubbing. Rear cover corner crease. VG. ¶ Contents: The Setting: How modern, German, and totalitarian was the Third Reich? some major historiographical controversies; Barbarous utopias: racial ideologies in Germany; Barbarism institutionalised: racism as state policy; The 'Purification' Of The Body Of The Nation: The persecution of the Jews; The persecution of Sinti and Roma, and other ethnic minorities; The persecution of the 'hereditarily ill', the 'asocial', and homosexuals; The Formation of The 'National Community': Youth in the Third Reich; Women in the Third Reich; Men in the Third Reich; Conclusion: National Socialist racial and social policy. ["Between 1933 and 1945 the Nazi regime in Germany tried to restructure a "class" society along racial lines. This book deals with the ideas and institutions that underpinned this mission, and shows how Nazi policy affected various groups of people, both victims and beneficiaries. The book begins with a serious discussion of the origins of Nazi racial ideology, and then demonstrates the way in which this was translated into official policy. It deals with the systematic persecution not only of the Jews, but also with the fate of lesser-known groups such as Sinti and Roma, the mentally handicapped, the "asocial," and homosexuals" - Publisher's description].

Keywords: German Political History, Nazi Germany, National Socialism, Race Racism, Social Policy, Politics, Sociology, Minority, Minorities