This collection of essays explores the impact that nationalism, capitalism, and socialism had on economics during the first half of the twentieth century. Focusing on Central Europe, contributors examine the role that businesspeople and enterprises played in Germany's and Austria's paths to the...

Klappentext: In vielen Branchen gehören deutsche Unternehmen zu den Weltmarktführern, und nur in den USA und Japan werden mehr Patente angemeldet als hierzulande. Bei seiner Stippvisite durch die deutsche Wirtschaft hat Olaf Preuß innovative und leistungsstarke Unternehmen inspiziert und den...

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 a selection of work by one of Germany's...