Professionen im modernen Osteuropa

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The book explores the professional landscape in various regions and periods, focusing on the evolution of specific professions and their socio-political contexts. It begins with an examination of lawyers in Russia from 1866 to 1914, followed by insights into the professional status and social backgrounds of Budapest lawyers during the 1940s, highlighting the impact of right radicalism. The narrative continues with the professionalization of jurists and officials in Bulgaria from 1878 to 1930, and a comparative analysis of Czech lawyers in Prague from 1868 to 1914. The book also addresses the professionalization of Czech physicians between 1848 and 1939, and the influence of the radical right on Hungarian professions, particularly doctors and lawyers from 1918 to 1945. Further discussions include the institutional careers of medicine and urban planning in the Czech Republic during communist and post-communist eras, and the role of physicians in Tsarist Russia. The text examines the professionalization and nationalism among secondary school teachers in Galicia, alongside the professionalization of teachers in the Czech lands. It also covers university professors in the Russian Empire, the economics profession in the Czech context before 1914, and engineers in the Russian Empire and Bohemia from 1890 to 1939. Lastly, it highlights the technical intelligentsia in Slovenia and the learned professions in Poland from 1918 to 1939,