"This volume argues that capitalism had a significant presence in Weimar and Nazi Germany but in a different guise than before World War I. Kapitalismuskritik (critique of capitalism), nationalism, and state intervention all grew in importance, as did uncertainty about the direction that the economy was taking and the ways in which it was intertwined with politics, society, and culture. We are interested in the question of how capitalism was reshaped in this altered context"--

Introduction: Historicizing capitalism in Germany, 1918-1945 Moritz Föllmer and Pamela E. Swett; Part I. Debating capitalism: 1. Capitalism and agency in interwar Germany Moritz Föllmer; 2. Aporias of 'political capitalism' between World War One and the Depression Martin H. Geyer; 3. Searching for order: German jurists debate economic power, 1919-1949 Kim Christian Priemel; Part II. Concealing capitalism: 4. Capitalism, wealth, and the question of (in)visibility: The Thyssen family and its investments Simone Derix; 5. Semantics of success: The cases of Friedrich Flick and Henry J. Kaiser Tim Schanetzky; 6. Hamburg coffee importers: From guild to class, 1900s-1960s Dorothee Wierling; Part III. Promoting capitalism: 7. Between criticism and innovation: Beer and public relations in the Weimar Republic Sina Fabian; 8. Managing consumer capitalism: Artists, engineers, and psychologists as new marketing experts in interwar Germany Jan Logemann; 9. A society safe for capitalism: Violent crowds, tumult laws, and the costs of doing business in Germany, 1918-1945 Molly Loberg; Part IV. Racializing capitalism: 10. Völkisch banking? Capitalism and Stuttgart's savings banks, 1933-1945 Pamela E. Swett; 11. Völkisch capitalism: Himmler's bankers and the continuity of capitalist thinking and practice in Germany Alexa Stiller.