This invaluable dictionary is the result of collaborative efforts across the globe. Over forty scholars from the United States, mainland China and Taiwan, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Norway, Israel and Malaysia contributed. They cover the full spectrum of Chinese industries from banking,...

"Despite Ludwig Loewe's ground-breaking contribution to German industrial success before WW1, there is only accidental information available on his person and his work. After the "Jewish enterprise" was expropriated after 1933 and fell into the hands of Günther Quandt where it also remained...