West German Industrialists and the Making of the Economic Miracle

Armin Grünbacher is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Birmingham, UK.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: From War Criminals to Captains of IndustryChapter 1: The ‘Missing Link’: The Role of Chambers of Industry and Commerce for Entrepreneurial Self-perception in the Immediate Post-war PeriodChapter 2: Ways of Redemption: Public Relations, the IHG and the DIIPart II: The Miracle Makers: Industrialists and their Self-perception in the ‘Economic Miracle’ PeriodChapter 3: The New ‘Entrepreneur’Chapter 4: ‘Americanization’? Leadership Recruitment and TrainingChapter 5: Bürgerlichkeit: Culture and Honour, Upstarts and Old ElitesChapter 6: Politics: Business, Association and the StatePart III: BusinessChapter 7: Living with the ‘Enemy’: Trade Unions, Worker representation and CommunistsChapter 8: Osthandel: Trading with the ‘Enemy’ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Well grounded in the relevant literature and in archival research, Grünbacher’s study is informative and persuasive … Specialists will find the book rewarding.