Industry and ideology
Subtitle: IG Farben in the Nazi era
By: Peter Hayes.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
Subjects: Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- History; Chemical industry -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Mineral industries -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1939-1945; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
Description: Peter Hayes argues that IG Farben Chemicals, the largest corporation in Nazi Germany, proved consistently unable to influence national policy outside the firm's sphere of expertise. Nonetheless, the corporation grew rich under the Nazi regime and was directly involved in some of its greatest crimes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.