Ruins to Riches

Raymond Stokes is Professor of Business History and Director of the Centre for Business History in Scotland at the University of Glasgow. His extensive publications on business, environmental, and technological history include co-authoring The Business of Waste (CUP, 2013) and Building on Air (CUP, 2016).

• Introduction; Part I. No Mere Incantation: Rising from the Ashes of Defeat, 1945 to the early 1950s; 1. From Foe to Friend: The Allied Military Occupation of Germany and Japan; 2. Networking the Miracle Makers: (Re-)Constructing Cooperative Capitalism; Part II. Making Miracles, 1950–1973; 3. Manufacturing Miracles I: Forging Alternative Fordisms; 4. Manufacturing Miracles II: From Humble Craftsmen to World Beaters; 5. Consuming Miracles; 6. Exporting Wonders; Part III. Sustaining Miracles, 1973–1989; 7. The Wages of Construction; 8. The Hauntings of the Past; 9. Fragile Strength: Coping with Currency and Oil Crises; Part IV. Navigating Waves of Globalization, 1990 to the present; 10. Managing in Major Markets: Making and Selling in the United States and China; 11. Coping with the Close of the Cold War; 12. The Shock of the New Century: Three Crises (and a Near Miss); Conclusion: Deutschland AG and Japan Inc. – Lessons and Limits.

'Stokes provides a highly accessible and nuanced comparative history of the evolution of German and Japanese capitalism after World War II, highlighting the key if ambiguous role of the United States in their success.' Geoffrey Jones, author of Deeply Responsible Business. A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership