The History of Thyssen : Family, Industry and Culture in the 20th Century

"In 2006, Georg Heinrich Thyssen, together with the ThyssenKrupp Group, established the Thyssen Industrial History Foundation. During its formulation, the foundation made available archival material across the Thyssen-Bornemisza family, ThyssenKrupp AG, and other industrial historical sources to researchers. This volume offers a wide-ranging account of the Thyssens during the twentieth and late-nineteenth centuries. It explains the development of the company and the family whilst addressing issues such as patriarchal succession; gender roles in the family; wealthy lifestyles in international communities of aristocrats and diplomats; operating across national legislation, institutions, and policies; and discussions of labor and capital. In doing so it connects corporate and family history to provide an all-inclusive view of the development of a business"-- Provided by publisher CONTENTS FIGURES FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION FOREWORD INTRODUCTION PART I FAMILY HISTORY PROJECTS: SELECTED FINDINGS CHAPTER 1 THE THYSSENS: FAMILY AND FORTUNE (Simone Derix, 2016, 2nd ed. 2021) CHAPTER 2 TWO CIVIC LIVES IN THE PUBLIC EYE: THE BROTHERS FRITZ THYSSEN AND HEINRICH THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA (Felix de Taillez, 2017) CHAPTER 3 THE THYSSENS AS ART COLLECTORS: INVESTMENT AND SYMBOLIC CAPITAL (1900–1970) (Johannes Gramlich, 2015, 2nd ed. 2021) PART II CORPORATE HISTORY PROJECTS: SELECTED FINDINGS Introduction CHAPTER 4 VEREINIGTE STAHLWERKE AG UNDER NATIONAL SOCIALISM: CORPORATE POLICY BETWEEN MARKET ECONOMY AND STATE ECONOMY (Alexander Donges, 2014) CHAPTER 5 FORCED LABOR AT THYSSEN “STAHLVEREIN” AND “BARON-KONZERN” IN WORLD WAR II (Thomas Urban, 2014, 2nd ed. 2021) CHAPTER 6 THE EXPROPRIATION OF FRITZ THYSSEN: DISPOSSESSION AND RESTITUTION (Jan Schleusener, 2018) CHAPTER 7 THYSSEN IN THE ADENAUER ERA: CORPORATE FORMATION AND FAMILY CAPITALISM (Johannes Bähr, 2015) CHAPTER 8 FROM STEEL GROUP TO CORPORATE GROUP: THE HEINRICH THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COMPANIES FROM 1926–1932 (Harald Wixforth, 2019) CHAPTER 9 THE THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA GROUP: A TRANSNATIONAL BUSINESS GROUP IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC NATIONALISM, 1932–1955 (Boris Gehlen, 2021) APPENDIX: THE THYSSEN FAMILY BIBLIOGRAPHY OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK SERIES INDEX As a result of a multi-volume research project, funded by the Thyssen Foundations (Stiftung zur Industriegeschichte Thyssen and Fritz Thyssen Stiftung), ten books were published that served to greatly advance the available knowledge on the Thyssen family and their companies. The results of this project are summarized in this volume which provides both an explanation of how the project was conceptualized and executed and a detailed case study of a family and their business during the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explains the development of both whilst addressing issues such as patriarchal succession; gender roles in the family; wealthy lifestyles in international communities of aristocrats and diplomats; operating across national legislation, institutions, and policies; and discussions of labor and capital. In doing so it connects corporate and family history to provide an all-inclusive view of the development of a business.