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Zusatztext "Review of German edition: "This is a masterfully told and unprejudiced book about a traditional enterprise which despite many crises made its way into the twenty-first century."" ---Joachim Käppner! Süddeutsche Zeitung Informationen zum Autor Harold James is professor of history and international affairs and the Claude and Lore Kelly Professor of European Studies at Princeton University. His books include The Creation and Destruction of Value ! The End of Globalization! and Family Capitalism . He was awarded the 2004 Helmut Schmidt Prize for Economic History! and the 2005 Ludwig Erhard Prize for economics writing. He is also the Marie Curie Visiting Professor at the European University Institute. Klappentext The history of Krupp is the history of modern Germany. No company symbolized the best and worst of that history more than the famous steel and arms maker. In this book! Harold James tells the story of the Krupp family and its industrial empire between the early nineteenth century and the present! and analyzes its transition from a family business to one owned by a nonprofit foundation. Books on Krupp tend to either denounce it as a diabolical enterprise or celebrate its technical ingenuity. In contrast! James presents a balanced account! showing that the owners felt ambivalent about the company's military connection even while becoming more and more entangled in Germany's aggressive politics during the imperial era and the Third Reich. By placing the story of Krupp and its owners in a wide context! James also provides new insights into the political! social! and economic history of modern Germany. Zusammenfassung The history of Krupp is the history of modern Germany. No company symbolized the best and worst of that history more than the famous steel and arms maker. This book tells the story of the Krupp family and its industrial empire between the early nineteenth century onwards. ...
