Rhenish Capitalism: New Insights from a Business History Perspective

In accordance with recent debates about Varieties of Capitalism, this volume argue that research on capitalism should pay more attention to change over time. It also claims to put the firm into the centre of analysis.

Christian Marx is Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History in Munich, Germany, where he is working on a collective biography of the top management of the German central bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) in the two post-war decades.

Morten Reitmayer is Researcher and Supernumerary Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Trier, Germany.