Challenging the traditional belief that Hitler's supporters were largely from the lower middle class, Richard F. Hamilton analyzes Nazi electoral successes by turning to previously untapped sources--urban voting records. This examination of data from a series of elections in fourteen of the largest German cities shows that in most of them the vote

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Maps and Tables, pg. ix*Abbreviations and Names, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Chapter One. The Problem: Who Voted for Hitler?, pg. 1*Chapter Two. A Review of The Literature, pg. 9*Chapter Three. A Reconsideration of Previous Evidence, pg. 37*Chapter Four. Berlin, pg. 64*Chapter Five. Hamburg, pg. 101*Chapter Six. Cologne and Munich: A Second Pattern, pg. 129*Chapter Seven. Cities of The Ruhr, pg. 156*Chapter Eight. Five Other Cities, pg. 199*Chapter Nine. The Summer Election: Travelers and Vacationers, pg. 220*Chapter Ten. The Parties of The Right and Center, pg. 229*Chapter Eleven. The Parties of The Left, pg. 266*Chapter Twelve. The National Socialists, pg. 309*Chapter Thirteen. The Character of The Political Struggle, pg. 361*Chapter Fourteen. The Weimar Catastrophe, pg. 420*Appendix A. The Reichstag Elections: 1919-1933, pg. 475*Appendix B. Germany's Largest Cities, pg. 485*Appendix C. Occupational Structures of The Cities Studied in Chapters 4-8, pg. 486*Notes, pg. 487*Name Index, pg. 651*Subject Index, pg. 658