German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Centuries

By W Plumpe

German Economic and Business History from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day: Introductory Remarks.- Part I: Economic Ideas.- 1. Economic Thought and Economic Development: On the Linkage of Economic History and the Historical Semantics of the Economy.- 2. The Birth of the Homo Economicus: Historical Thoughts on the Origins and Significance of this Model of Human Behavior for the Modern Economy.- Part II: Business History.- 3. The Improbability of the Jubilee - Or: Why the Only Way to Shed Light on a Firm is through its History.- 4. Business and Industry under National Socialism - An Interim Report.- 5. 1968 and German firms: On Marking Out a Field of Research.- 6. The Economy of the Kaiserreich: Notes on the Genealogy of German Capitalism.- Part III: Economic History.- 7. The National Association of German Industry (RDI) and the Crisis of the Weimar Economy.- 8. The Economic and Corporate History of Nazism: Reflections from the Perspective of Systems Theory.- 9. Germany as an Industrial Country 1945-2008.- Part IV: The History of Industrial Relations.- 10. Capital and Labor: Concepts and Practice of Industrial Relations in the 20th Century.-

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137518596
• ISBN13: 9781137518590
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 8.5"