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An exploration of the experience of the modern learned professions in Germany up to World War II.

A collection of essays on fundamental issues in the history of medicine in modern Germany.

As historians rediscover human society to be as much about desire, fantasy, and irrationality as it is about interest, reality, and reason, the history of psychoanalytic thought takes on an increasing significance. Its growth and interconnection with other fields appealed to the eclectic and holistic interests of historians so much

Die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von Organisation und Profession gehört zu den klassischen Problemstellungen der Organisationssoziologie. Die Beiträge des Bandes beleuchten Aspekte dieses Verhältnis einerseits im Rahmen unterschiedlicher soziologischer Zugänge neu. Sie spezifizieren es andererseits für verschiedene organisatorische Kontexte professionellen Handelns wie Anwaltskanzleien, Universitäten, Schulen, Krankenhäuser und Kirchen.

Between the late 18th and the early 20th century, the industrialized world experienced a transition in birth practices. While in many countries this led to a separation of midwifery from modern medicine, in Germany new standards of health care were embraced. Fallwell’s study explores this transition and sets it in