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The role of the middle class in national development has always been of interest to historians concerned with the ""peculiarities"" of German history. Recently, the professional sector of the German middle class has come under historical scrutiny as part of a re-examination of those features ofGerman society common to Western industrializing nations. This work provides comprehensive coverage of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Germany from the point of view of this new field. The contributors discuss the formation and development of such diverse professions as law, medicine, teaching, engine.