The German Chemical Industry in the Twentieth Century Book

Preface. Introduction; J.E. Lesch. I.G. Farben revisited: Industry and ideology ten years later; P. Hayes. Part I: Research and Technological Innovation. The academic-industrial symbiosis in German chemical research, 1905-1939; J.A. Johnson. Scientist and industrial manager: Emil Fischer and Carl Duisberg; D. Stoltzenberg. Losing the war but gaining ground: The German chemical industry during World War I; M. Szöllösi-Janze. The relationship of I.G. Farben's Agfa Filmfabrik Wolfen to its Jewish scientists and scientists married to Jews, 1933-1939; P. Löhnert, M. Gill. Germany's synthetic fuel industry, 1930-1945; A.N. Stranges. Part II: International Connections and Comparative Perspectives. Business strategies and research organization in the German chemical industry and its role as exemplar for other industries in Germany and Britain; U. Marsch. Dominance through cooperation: I.G. Farben's Japan strategy; A. Kudo. German chemical firms in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the post-World War II period; M. Wilkins. German chemicals and American politics, 1919-1922; K. Steen. Part III: The Industry Since 1945. The Richard Willstätter controversy: The legacy of anti-Semitism in the West German chemical industry; J. Wiesen. Capacity losses, reconstruction, and unfinished modernization: The chemical industry in the Soviet Zone of Occupation (SBZ/GDR, 1945-1965); R. Karlsch. The dynamics of industry structure: The chemical industry in the U.S., Western Europe, and Japan in the 1980s; A. Arora, A. Gambardella. Gravity and the Rainbow-makers: Some thoughts on the trajectory of the German chemical industry in the twentieth century; R. Stokes. Index.