Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm

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.

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