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Between Coercion and Private Initiative
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Entrepreneurial Freedom of Action during the 'Third Reich'
Vorbestellbar | Lieferzeit: Vorbestellbar - Erscheint laut Verlag im/am 27.05.2024. I
Erstverkaufstag: 27.05.2024
Artikel-Nr:
9781032342146
Veröffentl:
2024
Erscheinungsdatum:
27.05.2024
Seiten:
116
Autor:
Ben Wubs
Format:
246x174x0 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Ralf Banken is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His scholarly work addresses the development of economic law in Germany in the twentieth century and specifically the development of economic policies during the Third Reich. He is the author of over a dozen scholarly articles and publications.
This book, through six case studies of different economic sectors, attempts to explore the extent of the freedom of action private companied had in the German economy, controlled by the National Socialist state.
Introduction: The room for manoeuvre for firms in the Third Reich, 1. Sewing for Hitler? The clothing industry during the 'Third Reich', 2. The Munich Re: an internationally-oriented reinsurer in the Nazi era, 3. A hard-to-untangle business conglomerate: The economic empire of the German labour front, 4. Between values orientation and economic logic: Bosch in the Third Reich, 5. Commercial expansion in the steel industry of World War II: The case of Henry J. Kaiser and Friedrich Flick, 6. Property, control and room for manoeuvre: Royal Dutch Shell and Nazi Germany, 1933-1945