Böcker av Hartmut Berghoff

Traditionally, Germany has been considered a minor player in Pacific history: its presence there was more limited than that of other European nations, and whereas its European rivals established themselves as imperial forces beginning in the early modern era, Germany did not seriously pursue colonialism until the nineteenth century. Yet thanks to recent advances in the field emphasizing transoceanic networks and cultural encounters, it is now possible to develop a more nuanced understanding of the history of Germans in the Pacific. The studies gathered here offer fascinating research into German missionary, commercial, scientific, and imperial activity against the backdrop of the Pacific's overlapping cultural circuits and complex oceanic transits.

Unternehmen sind historisch gewachsene Bausteine der modernen Welt. Ihre Leistungskraft entscheidet über die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Ländern und den Lebensstandard ihrer Bürger. Unternehmen sind zugleich politische Akteure, die auch soziale und kulturelle Zusammenhänge stiften. Diese theorieorientierte Einführung stellt die Konzepte und die zentralen Ergebnisse der modernen Unternehmensgeschichte vor. Das Themenspektrum reicht von der Organisations- bis zur Marketinggeschichte, von der Technik- bis zur Sozialgeschichte der Unternehmen, von der Unternehmenskultur bis zur Wirtschaftsethik. Zeitlich konzentriert sich dieses allgemeinverständlich geschriebene Lehrbuch auf die Entwicklungen von der Industrialisierung des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Globalisierung der Gegenwart. Es handelt es sich um eine gut lesbare Synthese, die eine theoretisch anspruchsvolle Fundierung mit anschaulichen Beispielen aus der Unternehmenspraxis kombiniert. Zudem wird das Buch durch zahlreiche Schaubilder und Fotografien aufgelockert.

Entrepreneur and Nazi functionary Fritz Kiehn lived through almost 100 years of German history, from the Bismarck era to the late Bonn Republic. A successful manufacturer, Kiehn joined the Nazi Party in 1930 and obtained a number of influential posts after 1933, making him one of the most powerful Nazi functionaries in southern Germany. These posts allowed him ample opportunity to profit from "e;Aryanizations"e; and state contracts. After 1945, he restored his reputation, was close to Adenauer's CDU during Germany's economic miracle, and was a respected and honored citizen in Trossingen. Kiehn's biography provides a key to understanding the political upheavals of the twentieth century, especially the workings of the corrupt Nazi system as well as the "e;coming to terms"e; with National Socialism in the Federal Republic.

This volume aims to advance our understanding of beauty's role in modern consumer societies by bringing together fresh scholarship that addresses a common set of questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including especially history, but also black studies, women's studies, German studies, sociology, and anthropology.