Fear of the Family: Guest Workers and Family Migration in the Federal Republic of Germany
(Part of the Oxford Studies in International History Series)
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Beginning in 1955, West Germany recruited millions of people as guest workers from Yugoslavia, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and especially Turkey. This labor force was essential to creating the postwar German economic miracle. Employers fantasized that foreign "guest workers" would provide labor power in their prime productive years without having to pay for their education, pensions, or medical care. They especially hoped that the workers would...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0197558410
ISBN13:9780197558416
Release Date:February 2022
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:308 Pages
Weight:1.26 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"
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