The most important articles of the social historian Klaus Tenfelde from Bochum, many of which have now become classics in the field.Klaus Tenfelde shaped the German social history scene over the course of the past decades in a quite distinctive way. This is true also of his articles, in which he combines his usual empirical thoroughness with a fresh approach to modern questions. This volume offers a selection of the most important studies of this important researcher, who died in 2011, on various subjects, such as the life of the working class, social classes, the city and the citizen, the role of clubs/associations in public life, and political parties. Many of them were groundbreaking studies and will continue to inspire readers long into the future.

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Lehre als Bergmann, Polizeivollzugsbeamter, Zweiter Bildungsweg, Studium: Geschichte, Germanistik, Soziologie, Philosophie und Pädagogik an der Universität Münster und am Hamilton College, USA 1973: Staatsexamen 1975: Promotion an der Universität Münster 1981: Habilitation an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 1985 1990: Professor für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte an der Universität Innsbruck 1990 1995: Professor für allgemeine Geschichte unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Sozialgeschichte an der Universität Bielefeld Seit 1995: Professor für Sozialgeschichte und soziale Bewegungen an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum