Fear of the Family: Guest Workers and Family Migration in the Federal Republic of Germany

by Lauren K Stokes and Lauren K. Stokes

Book Overview

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"