Michael Prince

Michael Prinz (born July 25, 1952 in Werne ; † November 18, 2016 in Münster ) was a German historian .

Life

From 1973 to 1977, Prinz studied history, Romance studies and social sciences in Münster and Bielefeld. After the first state examination, he worked as a research assistant at the North Rhine-Westphalian Main State Archives in Düsseldorf in 1977/78 . In 1983 he received his doctorate from the University of Bielefeld (with Jürgen Kocka ) with a thesis on the employees during the Nazi era, then he worked as a university assistant at the University of Bielefeld from 1984 to 1989. In 1990 he became a consultant for social and economic history at what is now the LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History . In 1993 he completed his habilitation in Bielefeld with a thesis on consumer associations in Germany and England before the First World War. Prinz held visiting professorships in 1987 at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), in 1997 at the Free University of Berlin , in 1999/2000 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU) and in 2002 at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster (WWU).

Prinz's research focuses on German social and economic history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Works (selection)

author

From new middle class to national comrade. The development of the social status of employees from the Weimar Republic to the end of the Nazi era (= studies on contemporary history. Volume 30). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986 (also: Dissertation, Bielefeld University 1983).
with Klaus Novy : Illustrated history of the community economy. Economic self-help in the labor movement from its beginnings to 1945. Dietz, Bonn 1988.
Bread and dividends. Consumers' associations in England and Germany before 1914 (= critical studies on historical science . Volume 112). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1996 (also: habilitation thesis, Bielefeld University 1992).
The welfare state behind the house. Economic future expectations, self-sufficiency and regional models: Westphalia and Southwest Germany 1920–1960 (= research on regional history. Volume 69). Schöningh, Paderborn 2012.

editor

with Konrad Bund, Klaus Wisotzky: The documents NSDAP, their branches and affiliated associations in the tradition of state authorities in the area of today's state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Volume 2 and 3. Düsseldorf 1981.
with Rainer Zitelmann : National Socialism and Modernization. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1991 (2nd, supplemented by an afterword. Edition 1994).
Rule, religion and people. State and social formation processes since the 16th century. Main topic in: Westphalian research. Volume 42, 1992.
with Matthias Frese: Political turning points and social change in the 20th century from a regional and comparative perspective (= research on regional history. Volume 18). Schöningh, Paderborn 1996.
The long way to abundance. Beginnings and development of the consumer society since the premodern (= research on regional history. Volume 43). Schöningh, Paderborn 2003.
Social change in the century of politics. Northwest Germany in an international comparison 1920–1960 (= research on regional history. Volume 58). Schöningh, Paderborn 2007.
Hand to mouth - self-sufficiency as a practice and a vision in modern society. (= Main topic in: Westphalian research. Volume 61. 2011).
The many faces of consumption. Westphalia, Germany and the USA 1850–2000 (= research on regional history. Volume 79). Schöningh, Paderborn 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME	Prince, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German historian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Werne
DATE OF DEATH	18th November 2016
Place of death	Muenster