The Nazi Dictatorship and the Deutsche Bank

Informationen zum Autor Harold James is Professor of History at Princeton University and chairman of the editorial board of World Politics. He is the author of several books on German economy and society, including The Deutsche Bank and the Nazi Economic War Against the Jews (Cambridge, 2001) Examines the role of Deutsche Bank during the Nazi dictatorship. Examines the role of Germany's largest commercial bank, Deutsche Bank, during the Nazi dictatorship, and asks how the bank changed and accommodated to a transition from democracy and a market economy to dictatorship and a planned economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and table; Preface; 1. The setting; 2. The initial challenge: National Socialist ideology; 3. Anti-Semitism and the German banks; 4. Emil Georg von Stauss: the banker as politician; 5. Foreign expansion; 6. The expansion of state and party during the war; 7. The end of dictatorship; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Harold James, Harold James, James Harold
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2004
• EAN: 9780521838740
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83874-0
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 233 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, Economic history, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater