The first study based on a large national sample of both urban and rural districts examines the Nazi constituency -- how it was formed, from which social groups

Challenging the traditional belief that Hitler's supporters were largely from the lower middle class, Richard F. Hamilton analyzes Nazi electoral successes by t

Nothing is more integral to democracy than voting. Most people believe that every citizen has the civic duty or moral obligation to vote, that any sincere vote

Madman, tyrant, animal—history has given Adolf Hitler many names. In Mein Kampf (My Struggle), often called the Nazi bible, Hitler describes his life, frustra

Documents the propaganda and politics that brought Naziism to power in one German town where the population was predominately Lutheran and the largest local emp