West German industrialists and the making of the economic miracle : a history of mentality and recovery /

West German Industrialists and the Making of the Economic Miracle" investigates the mentality of post-war German (heavy) industrialists through an analysis of their attitudes, thinking and views on social, political and, of course, economic matters at the time, including the 'social market...

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Main Author: Grünbacher, Armin, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017
Series:Online access with DDA: Askews (Economics)
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I From War Criminals to Captains of Industry; 1 The 'Missing Link': The Role of the Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Entrepreneurial Self-perception in the Immediate Post-war Period; 2 Ways of 'Redemption': Public Relations, the IHG and the DII; Part II The Miracle Makers: Industrialists and their Self-perception in the 'Economic Miracle' Period; 3 The New 'Entrepreneur; 4 'Americanization'? Leadership Recruitment and Training.
  • 5 Bürgerlichkeit : Culture and Honour, Upstarts and Old Elites6 Politics: Business, Associations and the State; Part III Business; 7 Living with the 'Enemy': Trade Unions, Workers and Communists; 8 Osthandel : Trading with the 'Enemy'; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.