{"product_id":"the-quest-for-economic-empire-9781571810274","title":"The Quest for Economic Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tGerman unification evoked ambivalent reactions outside its borders: it revived disquietingmemories of attempts by German big business during the two world wars to build an economic empire in Europe in conjunction with the military and the government bureaucracy. But thereare also high hopes that German finance and industry will serve as the engine of reconstruction in eastern Europe, just as it played this role in the postwar unification of western Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"The collection of essays shows that the present drive by Germany to construct an integratedEuropean economy drives from several precedents in German economic thought, including theimperial and Nazi periods.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · The Wall Street Journal Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... a stimulating book ... [that] has much more unity than is often the case in collections ... Berghahn shows the way in which the complicated process of combining political, economic and business history with the history of mentalities can lead to interesting insights into the relationship between economic wealth and political power.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · Business History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eGerman Big Business and the Quest for a European Economic Empire in the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVolker R. Berghahn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eEurope in the Strategies of Germany's Electrical Engineering and Chemicals Trusts, 1919-1929\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHarm G. Schröter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe European Strategies of IG Farben, 1925-45\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Hayes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eFascism and the Structure of German Capitalism: The Case of the Automobile Industry\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSimon Reich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eGerman Big Business and the Return to the World Market after World War II\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eReinhard Neebe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003e\"Reconquering Our Old Position\": West German Osthandel Strategies of the 1950s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRobert Mark Spaulding, Jr. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eLowering Soviet Expectations\" West German Industry and Osthandel during the Brandt Era\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eVolker R. Berghahn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eStrategies of German Big Business in their International Setting during the 1980s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMargit Köppen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eGerman Industry and the European Union in the 1990s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeffrey J. Anderson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tTables\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041405206871,"sku":"9781571810274","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781571810274.jpg?v=1750950146","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-quest-for-economic-empire-9781571810274","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}