German Chemical Industry in the Twentieth Century

• I.G. Farben revisited: Industry and ideology ten years later.- I: Research and technological innovation.- The academic-industrial symbiosis in German chemical research, 1905–1939.- Scientist and industrial manager: Emil Fischer and Carl Duisberg.- Losing the war but gaining ground: The German chemical industry during World War I.- The relationship of I.G. Farben’s Agfa Filmfabrik Wolfen to its Jewish scientists and scientists married to Jews, 1933–1939.- Germany’s synthetic fuel industry, 1930–1945.- II: International connections and comparative perspectives.- Business strategies and research organization in the German chemical industry and its role as exemplar for other industries in Germany and Britain.- Dominance through cooperation: I.G. Farben’s Japan strategy.- German chemical firms in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the post-World War II period.- German chemicals and American politics, 1919–1922.- III The industry since 1945.- The Richard Willstätter controversy: The legacy of anti-Semitism in the West German chemical industry.- Capacity losses, reconstruction, and unfinished modernization: The chemical industry in the Soviet Zone of Occupation (SBZ)/GDR, 1945–1965.- The dynamics of industry structure: The chemical industry in the U.S., Western Europe, and Japan in the 1980s.- Gravity and the Rainbow-makers: Some thoughts on the trajectory of the German chemical industry in the twentieth century.

'This book is an excellent example of what can be achieved from longitududinal industry studies that integrate the many dimensions of commercial life. It is important reading for anyone interested in the chemical industry, German business or general German and business history.' Chemical Heritage, 20:2 (2002)