West German Industrialists and the Making of the Economic Miracle
Subtitle: A History of Mentality and Recovery
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781472510501
Subjects: Industrialists; Reconstruction (1939-1951), germany; Germany, economic conditions; Germany, social conditions
Description: West German Industrialists and the Making of the Economic Miracle" investigates the mentality of post-war German (heavy) industrialists through an analysis of their attitudes, thinking and views on social, political and, of course, economic matters at the time, including the 'social market economy' and the fledgling European integration, with this investigation taking place against the backdrop of the 'economic miracle' and the Cold War of the 1950s and 60s. The book also includes an assessment of whether the self-declared, new 'aristocracy of merit' justified its place in society and carried out its actions in a new spirit of political responsibility. This is an important text for all students interested in the history of Germany and the modern economic history of Europe.