Opting for Oil : The Political Economy of Technological Change in the West German Industry, 1945 1961 - No Information Available

Opting for Oil

The Political Economy of Technological Change in the West German Industry, 1945 1961

By: No Information Available

Paperback | 20 April 2006

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $81.95

$76.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $19.19 with

 or 

Ships in 7 to 10 business days

This book investigates the causes, course, and consequences of the shift in West German chemical technology from a coal to a petroleum basis between 1945 and 1961. It examines the historical underpinnings of technological culture of the German chemical industry; changing political and economic constraints on technological decision-making in the postwar period; and the actual decision-making process within five individual firms. The study's main importance lies in its detailed portrayal of decision-making within individual chemical firms. By addressing a wide variety of broader issues, as well--including the origins and impact of the division of Germany; the effects of the Wirtschaftswunder, or economic miracle; European integration; and the changing role of the West German Federal Republic in the international political order--this book explains how West German industry regained and then retained a competitive position in world markets.
Industry Reviews
'... finely crafted ... fine achievement in scholarly analysis.' Nature

More in European History

Lithuania : A History - Richard Butterwick

RRP $39.99

$33.75

16%
OFF
Windsor Legacy : A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal and Survival - Robert
Raise Your Soul : A Personal History of Resistance - Yanis Varoufakis
Abandoned Women : Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas - Lucy Frost
The Catalpa Rescue - Peter FitzSimons

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF
Letters from a Stoic : The Ancient Classic - Seneca

RRP $24.95

$21.75

13%
OFF
The Strange Death of Europe : Immigration, Identity, Islam - Douglas Murray
The Book of Miracles. 45th Ed. - Till-Holger Borchert

RRP $54.99

$42.75

22%
OFF
Blitzed : Drugs in Nazi Germany - Norman Ohler

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
The Siege : The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama - Ben Macintyre
Kokoda : Updated Edition - Peter FitzSimons

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF
The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe : 4th Edition - Brian P. Levack
The Templars - Dan Jones

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$18.75

18%
OFF
Churchill : Walking with Destiny - Andrew Roberts

RRP $35.00

$28.75

18%
OFF
The War on the West : How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason - Douglas Murray
Say Nothing : True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland - Patrick Radden Keefe
The Journals of Captain Cook : Penguin Classics - James Cook

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF
Night : Penguin Modern Classics - Elie Wiesel

RRP $26.99

$20.75

23%
OFF
Oxford Libraries Architecture - Geoffrey Tyack

RRP $99.99

$74.75

25%
OFF
Rebel Russia : Dissent and Protest from the Tsars to Navalny - Anna Arutunyan