The German Building Guilds

Abstract

I. Origin of the guild movement; its growth, 278. — Allied organizations, 281. — II. Ideas underlying the movement, 283. — III. Structure: the local unit (Bauhütte); the central body (Verband sozialer Baubetriebe); the relation of the guilds to the unions, 285. — IV. Activities of the central body; of the guilds in Berlin. Comparison with the English guilds, 291. — V. Difficulties, 296. — VI. Conclusion, 299.