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American Big Business in Britain and Germany: A Comparative History of Two Special Relationships in the 20th Century
Volker R. Berghahn
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While America's relationship with Britain has often been deemed unique, especially during the two world wars when Germany was a common enemy, the American business sector actually had a greater affinity with Germany for most of the twentieth century. American Big Business in Britain and Germany examines the triangular relationship between the American, British, and German business communities and how the special relationship that Britain believed it had with the United States was supplanted by one between America and Germany. Volker Berghahn begins with the pre-1914 period and moves through the 1920s, when American investments supported German reconstruction rather ... Read more
While America's relationship with Britain has often been deemed unique, especially during the two world wars when Germany was a common enemy, the American business sector actually had a greater affinity with Germany for most of the twentieth century. American Big Business in Britain and Germany examines the triangular relationship between the American, British, and German business communities and how the special relationship that Britain believed it had with the United States was supplanted by one between America and Germany. Volker Berghahn begins with the pre-1914 period and moves through the 1920s, when American investments supported German reconstruction rather ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691161099
SKU
V9780691161099
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About Volker R. Berghahn
Volker R. Berghahn is the Seth Low Emeritus Professor of History at Columbia University. His books include America and the Intellectual Cold Wars in Europe and Europe in the Era of Two World Wars (both Princeton).
Reviews for American Big Business in Britain and Germany: A Comparative History of Two Special Relationships in the 20th Century
"Even for readers who struggle to find support for some of its claims ... this formidably eclectic report on some neglected themes offers an interesting survey of the changing perspectives of American and European business elites on multiple important issues."
Leslie Hannah, EH.Net "This outstanding comparative study examines a neglected force in the growing influence of the U.S. on 20th-century Europe ... Read more
Leslie Hannah, EH.Net "This outstanding comparative study examines a neglected force in the growing influence of the U.S. on 20th-century Europe ... Read more