German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Centuries
German economic history in the industrial age has classically formed an important basis for the study of economic growth and industrialisation more generally. This book aims to introduce English-language readers to modern German economic history based on
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Werner Plumpe
German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Werner Plumpe
German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Werner Plumpe Goethe-University of Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main, Germany
ISBN 978-1-137-51859-0 ISBN 978-1-137-51860-6 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-51860-6
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Acknowledgments
Kindly supported by Carl-Zeiss-Foundation, Alfred und Cläre Pott-Foundation, and Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte e.V.
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Contents
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German Economic and Business History from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day: Introductory Remarks
Part I 2
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Economic Thought and Economic Development: On the Linkage of Economic History and the Historical Semantics of the Economy
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The Birth of the Homo economicus: Historical Thoughts on the Origins and Significance of this Model of Human Behavior for the Modern Economy
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Part II 4
Economic Ideas
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Business History
The Improbability of the Jubilee: Or Why the Only Way to Shed Light on a Firm Is through Its History
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5 Business and Industry under National Socialism: An Interim Report
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6 1968 and German Firms: On Marking Out a Field of Research
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7 The Economy of the Kaiserreich: Notes on the Genealogy of German Capitalism
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Part III
Economic History
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8 The National Association of German Industry (RDI) and the Crisis of the Weimar Economy
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9 The Economic and Corporate History of Na
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