Visions of Modernity: American Business and the Modernization of Germany

by Mary Nolan

Book Overview

In much the same way that Japan has become the focus of contemporary American discussion about industrial restructuring, Germans in the economic reform in terms of Americanism and Fordism, seeing in the United States an intriguing vision for a revitalized economy and a new social order.

During the 1920s, Germans were fascinated by American economic success and its quintessential symbols, Henry Ford and his automobile factories. Mary Nolan's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195088751
• ISBN13: 9780195088755
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"