FC; Half title; Credits; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Changing Personnel, Changing Agendas: From the Weimar Republic to the Third Reich; The Break with the Pluralism and Internationality of German Literature; New Formations in the Book Market; The Restructuring of Public and Research Libraries; 3 The Institutional Structure of the Media Dictatorship and Its Power over Books; The State Authorities; Gestapo and SD; The Key Party Offices; The Literary Apparatus of the Wehrmacht; 4 Books in the Media Dictatorship: The Perspective of the Rulers
Person-related Control of WritersThe Regimented Book Market; Book Propaganda and the Book Industry; Managing Readers' Choices: The Public and Research Libraries; Books for the Wehrmacht during World War II; Book Shortages on the Home Front; 5 Books in the Media Dictatorship: The Perspective of the Ruled; Latitude and Limitations: Writers; Politics, Profits, and Professional Ethos: Publishers and Booksellers; A Politicized Profession: Librarians; Public Propaganda and Individual Needs: Readers; 6 A Failed Experiment? Books in the Nazi Media Dictatorship; Sources and Bibliography; Index