Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm
Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm
Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm
Ebook387 pages7 hours

Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

A history of the steel and arms maker that came to symbolize the best and worst of modern German history

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 present, and analyzes its transition from a family business to one owned by a nonprofit foundation.

Krupp founded a small steel mill in 1811, which established the basis for one of the largest and most important companies in the world by the end of the century. Famously loyal to its highly paid workers, it rejected an exclusive focus on profit, but the company also played a central role in the armament of Nazi Germany and the firm's head was convicted as a war criminal at Nuremberg. Yet after the war Krupp managed to rebuild itself and become a symbol of Germany once again—this time open, economically successful, and socially responsible.

Books on Krupp tend to either denounce it as a diabolical enterprise or celebrate its technical ingenuity. In contrast, James presents a balanced account, showing that the owners felt ambivalent about the company's military connection even while becoming more and more entangled in Germany's aggressive politics during the imperial era and the Third Reich.

By placing the story of Krupp and its owners in a wide context, James also provides new insights into the political, social, and economic history of modern Germany.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 26, 2012
ISBN9781400841868
Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm

Read more from Harold James

Related to Krupp

Related ebooks

Modern History For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Krupp

Rating: 3.750000025 out of 5 stars
4/5

4 ratings1 review

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Vastly informative (though somewhat over-loyal) history of the central corporate actor during Germany's 19th Century industrial transformation, with insightful overlaps both into 18th Century industrial history & well into the modern, space-ready age.

Book preview

Krupp - Harold James

1^book_preview_excerpt.html}r$Iݯi dnRxp/QuN s!B>uI} SU3r:nnӧ>^xu|/_횺p^^!_?y؟/w'IdK\Gي/:91|uS"u}9 S>5% r\zWͼڼE.(Wv.IsoۏM\M\ۮt ~o|U,ow6L"nA[IZƿΫ3&3[.0"i7&ʒᩛ냝͝W{/7$ di O0n+Yo^$;[il+%$oogd7|1se^_m%7gCV2qtk)n%yWݽo>V/X탗{0Kw{ᓣ[|{Ŧ;USha};ѧ0h89H]~ AҏN?a89>$ҏߝoBCV273 ?j.77?lzqĤ/n?wUPl^kcı!m)mr\Q~(=6OEc'] {;jotyqZs 6rUÔxn:{.=[yOrújvϭDI.s˃_}w{I)w6Q uw0e8Ƨ>DZ[liQ7 *pY2"qiI^rq8#i].a&to5dAW խp)/ s1IJ7 ϖ]z\ ٪rm|.=ơ7[ɵ+f0/KnmȰ&^ʵ-aQYa^)'JycKxfɩ/ )zc*t.7'*@\/|^Ad?pa[y3N&+a d;d|imiv"6xcmE`T.{;9tIKd tg?JbL{=% M6>W`P{w_uqbwEvEl4n6|v{_vr#k2BxK\EOt)zkָCYV~uxXz1q.'@IUwIZcyF{ɑAvo y-B[-b [{b2sŘ0,B"q$mƶy˼>󔈞X a,K^,|Q&rLZV 9#Zn/?$ XhMa5fKo*^q85_@[|@mS[)m#8_[< @epƣrr l-WL :N/1P~6,]?7w?* d1#A]I@E͍l|jmq|>`ɨw\UwAAN*1 r56"r0haVAVt+h$j )˙*(Cޫ+!x1%C8o;ULj1ipƄwu?_ݚ(0_]ȳ2_orCk cOa2U@OIڼOŭ-.&Nk*S7 WOU Guyegw^ƍ;'T",ϘBGtӞ`NUq'4p\+eXjsU yxp0M^ N@, \xi|p]K@1arZr̹|nAQWQ뒿A(=O7V9br1,\)N_B';{ ӪukQg5.rQgEr7tJP +9cK3U|8r̒/uE-ށzhh$m/gOҏwٺKm%_| {ƨ=fkRNq0|r ..%;34cC=`^Jv_l6u]>ὧ~Up71fNW37W/L6?`_ d@DNor58f^ܛ=Q('Ey`cзO'O]AR Tk\*ط!MX!SZK uul[B O 5+%Vu@O9'E .Ѩ@<}VWBĹKCH3/$ ak t6,[4/:]:DKȽD`N5p͜RO27L+QQ~ܵjvv0mqH9]l ޱ]ؼ[7}U|Y9`p:0Ja:Hh*vkcKL>lYj+yWm'L6T\m7-DVY${e{zܮsz` ;)+;I1ބDA{ѱ <{EGJYn Ԍ}+ Г%sHMX$SLsor,o_ ~>jӓ),A; ɿ[V$ q`h!IX~/K!d3%{ smO=$lkLƁMЯCcex/gBRrL)P{ Laߖ 8ZLV%ê6@ Lxf/3 5HcjV;.Ԫ2U7d&Krژ=йy̭d_6: *ډZq:{ b5ȤcquurfyI7.ŋMor9NZa3vd OW1#JhԄ:#[U+@J6sX;΢eL=ipKf[1_Ȕ&=Ń6WTF8} >Px+t1Yݯbꌇצ)ďܬ%^eQ:br3{ImEqH1rNLf~Jm]!hjaBX5ᴃDO2FFGk Ǡi(L(fV -8l3 H 1LmMc֗PYw7&xi#W;6yIg_V ecX0;G PmZ7'mGT @Kp0SWPE}e_Н}t#ʋNY2~"ܮ| #-x1tS CV 8sS٪~mVa4Rd#6ec, UZ`@ge@zL:iA7aHԴ1h;icW2b-O[ XXvI! 9NquE~x4M|@nn[o:&)Cy#OAu`HbZ ]mX$¤5H 9D0·D%ACV_eCFO 8ږ̻^9P4zUSA]T5R8T&{cH.MY1)K`Z҂:gus48Se1Vu[Rvpu:S͖*LKpD[nqV )VfXb"%H3oU55tIrre48 c;h$ƔGwSy PWH1]܏X%?hIHz=R@l ׬. =R㘟J$`rsYP4 ܸ.Ř?/W)YEJiEVa}ˮڄqc$tGL2Yyp4̈́^Hm 6 j"m;/ʝDnm'U300.3COrp3QS. h]yIĥq"]B%"dFC'*W#acDu0#N>4c!>[1GHrh -ڬ- X+wE{9sy!6n[`2Lv„\|¾l!!ʌwq5أ#2+GOe{egʧ q ũZvQ)`p%MDp0eN#3ےPRǮN7V%#8kKѢZF+`Ĺ @| d6ęG 0 `7»0P(=Igi(CX2AGKDC`-2?9FsAk@xt>'=콛`׼$'<Zs[ wQ$*OH=9gP+ÖYxtm<>Qz0Bt.z}CՑy%,R<~ڔT+>@IXb8;QkE 1}zx1j,@Eu38ak# ' fйJ ދF ڴoGk#ŃYOWU&sz|hUݰ橝X^~v Fe]A,CBgs}bKҼpleŢd͚u iwi`$~I?P[9U~29WJ6[#r>|QԶ}[fh~a$fRIp{0Yzf_%IcXi%"pnA BV9>w؉7ŴX%!6beO}q;1a3݋|E5:ɤQ J"$D>'t_}5t4<%Ǵa^RhY匉iN< 1h k)GyȍdgZ$<>/襤 GXO !LGVɼ5FYO[ &Xa&0!%svE1u/@\W/=NMx L9NO[ z7LՌ,܃LK358Iۅ@(`B+l\3Pi==hfB#0tkUU7b8~7Rtq=%;X$sED<) A%CLH)F}Bf`6 w8oC3L|,J IAE-Ij.V~6c<z,jx5_gA3hp`[<*<䀾ctUɛePh|"/A@@CJM$Ijf  "}ȭX`=*ެѷ7/~ڵ5mT.#V TcimK} ?f˓U#xPp>;s@ʯJz-9>|Va#ږ!z A j*U-)Чe`H'/MѩI\$7) K_ ROd2^33UrRu肴@fsbb, jŗZ~ϡp}L=Cs;)d*ձLp Y~JSʊ&6eb) եAӖRo,e*m `` #4d] cQ'ϘheQr4@۵(xF oMl3^vvdJF2l))4+rRͥ@fCN<`e8+vV!k 3ͦ ))42]Y]kj2{#'*yfA pn x<2._xVTjLZ-sr$Tmxl-ȯ7UC]' q)X]*&׀1{fmjgcR, ~ӓ\Vq?qƙ \6MYhT;υH"+U#B2\Lb;95Պ2ikxLmj%ӎoV~LZ\r#NՁshRsC Yl^䩩3LY)7;:A@)fYPndY'mƧpwv{uyff Ě;.8+pZiF ?Z?,̐viLW5hЮIeLΎjb958RMzuf15RК[d 8?os @%ʩD zCN͌XmnGJlHT< 㽚Aӌ,(SQZrx;o9(0(YJFUy<T-2Ө*p *ב-r v0\'XߍG769IgJ ="${) 'k/^[Q/cL\z&G`]o^ .X pOC `?V ucIlй!Ow!g*;xp0a_QM:%3?Il`d"T 5\_ rV1c` 㤹 us/g5o CEK6}@T$"[qJ3Ib߶-[ۥClEyB> bm< πljukeC;JU(@M0ؼ9=̍B^W$@{KfuWM"4CTjtɺQI > Wʹ;*ߴ+{%KűP #+"T~,grUJ7-4kc@r=h.;y ]Fft3b֪fZ|l_3D)fy %:߇i1dޡB:ey ?mvoySo ?&qкS5!"IDhsO5"VF.8ȇUvޕ\1x:֞DKLO/f['BBf/Qboq:!l0C>bMoQOjcETְ4zRc[晸AªxUO8{g}*ˀSkvDNq1<}1}6~CaݾLMNŎ@XOy'ȭ˺Ԡ2fϙ XĐ+:ڂwQd0jUv56B#$0 56]W*K5h[Gj=VR5hWjJOVQZhcT%u 5I%$B,, w,t^&qp%bWzK%We߉JU^2CB֥\Z>; D࠮c@K {u4%ĞO*-EE&(Q`iN}=q?OqU{iVZ5!ኪ GnѷuZuڒ{y߂O rz  M>U4ynDXI9(I*:$Yd>i04rxUō26: [&xM \*|yL C,h|n15ፈ5Si'dl IUKQ6j.И^BmR:[vH;tRW[2SQwϲ1cOtͿ g"J o'gNJ^ePz:ZA霗p]}-7LTm8x ^&"sweYӘ@"3I Eo1~Q6HƂQXলYoyy&ڪ rrkZyLa\% ֤qϽaΪ;J7V*OcFz0R%z)h~T1{!s(o<4VD(d].ȢK썛uw>FbHvy㘞iȩZܢϊZ:4!Qzv̡֘aN\3x(Q]5Ij5Q)ܲ.|wXG,e(,X/AhѣJf[8N0l%#s*&ET4Qoy&s^';)`q' rb{7hݥN}R!Q,Ns Uak^9F@ "6u8i3:mޓ+#wQ/G7opIC0iӠڇ, nj/G9p} k D$Mv 岨WCNV iOۓGQ|'y7YضoEg/e/GQBbud%җ"C 3yL\"%3)ǞM j+]SrhRqR†jiTZM$\W+߲z}5<~61UQ^04㰢4Ӗ\Y)LzTY1dTW xB]"hnHE)eJ`nKܝGYQ{wzWG{dId&SQt8xmڗXr8V*waSo+hh^jXj ZPӺpD*q̆LƘdr ӈ9OM J=IapPA[aB6nxjB,`FcU򱡚]111 Xcn)\6Yr:+_J$"Nm\4:ܱc=&+,ԘDzadt! s V\Ow!z's(0:^b򵳾̚%`RbYIGoXsuc~H+,۰{v_hnLU\TO,v)e VkIzap7{l%,%VB]X:97cjvC {zalb(lD2A*I'jk% w݉3>0SA9?UȫprLwzZ mA,cHrXXdkQՑnr!@L,{-׊3-SstW]D`O+U_#f{)mf:nHpOv6S&]2D9ѯ:7ڬofD-2bIM![r
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1