Krupp : A History of the Legendary German Firm /

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"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 prese...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: James, Harold, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Krupp family.
Krupp family > History.
Fried. Krupp GmbH.
Fried. Krupp GmbH > History.
Steel industry and trade.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
Steel industry and trade > Germany > History.
Germany.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a nation and a name
  • The decline of family : the fall from bourgeois respectability
  • Man of steel : Alfred Krupp
  • Man of science : Friedrich Alfred Krupp
  • Man of diplomacy : Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach
  • Man of tradition : family and firm in the Weimar Republic
  • Man of power : Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
  • Man of the world : Berthold Beitz
  • Appendix 1: Family tree
  • Appendix 2: Business results, 1811-2010.

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