Business in the Age of Extremes: Essays in Modern German and Austrian Economic History

By: Hartmut Berghoff

Book Overview

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 catastrophe of Nazism. Based on new archival research, the essays gathered here ask how the business community became involved in the political process and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107553059
• ISBN13: 9781107553057
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"