Public and Private Prosperity in Postwar West Germany and the United States
by
Jan L. Logemann
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
In the years that followed World War II, both the United States and the newly formed West German republic had an opportunity to remake their economies. Since then, much has been made of a supposed “Americanization” of European consumer societies—in Germany and elsewhere. Arguing against these...