Iron and Steel in the German Inflation, 1916-1923

Gerald D. Feldman

Published by Princeton University Press 1977

Iron and Steel in the German Inflation, 1916-1923

Gerald D. Feldman

Volume 1771 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400847884

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This study explains how businessmen in the German iron and steel industry managed their enterprises, dealt with their customers, and acted in their relations with state and society during a period of war, revolution, and economic crisis. Because this industry occupied a central position in Germany during the inflation, the author's investigation illuminates certain crucial aspects of the Weimar Republic that have hitherto been relatively unexplored.

The author explains how heavy industry—and particularly the iron and steel industry-successfully took advantage of shortages of raw materials and of inflation to gain the upper hand over customers in the manufacturing industries. He notes that it proved able to resist government and consumer efforts to change and control policies affecting heavy industry and, finally, to lead the counterattack against labor's greatest gain in the Revolution of 1918, the eight-hour day.

Although the importance of iron and steel to the German economy declined in relation to that of more advanced sectors of the economy, its highly concentrated character, able leadership, and importance to the war and reconstruction efforts gave it advantages in reconstituting its power within the business community and the Weimar state.

Originally published in 1977.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. The Dilemmas of Industrial Self-Government, September 1916-July 1919 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter Two. The Disruption of Industrialist Solidarity, July 1919-April 1920 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Chapter Three. Unity Restored: The Struggle for Decontrol, 1920-1921 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Chapter Four. Vertical Concentration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Chapter Five. 1922: From Low Interest to High Principle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
Chapter Six. 1923: From Ruhr Occupation to Twelve-Hour Shift Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
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Appendix One. Dollar Exchange Rate of the Paper Mark and the Gold Mark in Berlin, 1914-1923 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	472
Appendix Two. Production of Coal, Pig Iron, and Crude Steel in Germany, Great Britain, France, and Belgium, 1913-1929 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	474
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	495