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This book brings together leading experts to assess how and whether
the Nazis were successful in fostering collaboration to secure the
resources they required during World War II. These studies of the
occupation regimes in Norway and Western Europe reveal that the
Nazis developed highly sophisticated instruments of exploitation
beyond oppression and looting. The authors highlight that in
comparison to the heavy manufacturing industries of Western Europe,
Norway could provide many raw materials that the German war machine
desperately needed, such as aluminium, nickel, molybdenum and fish.
These chapters demonstrate that the Nazis provided incentives to
foster economic collaboration, hoping that these would make every
mine, factory and smelter produce at its highest level of capacity.
All readers will learn about the unique part of Norwegian economic
collaboration during this period and discover the rich context of
economic collaboration across Europe during World War II.
Over the past two centuries, industrial societies have demanded
ever-increasing quantities of copper - essential for light, power,
and communication. Born with a Copper Spoon examines how the metal
has been produced and distributed around the globe. Large-scale
production has affected ecologies, states, and companies, while
creating and even destroying local communities dependent on
volatile commodity markets. Kenneth Kaunda once remarked that
Zambians were "born with a copper spoon in our mouths," but few
societies managed to profit from copper's abundance. From copper
cartels to the consequences of resource nationalism, Born with a
Copper Spoon delivers a global perspective on what is one of the
world's most important metals.
The rapid growth of the aluminium (or aluminum) industry during the
last hundred years reflects the status of aluminium as the
quintessentially modern metal. Given its impact on every facet of
modern life, its aptitude for academic analysis is only rivaled by
the versatility of the metal in industrial application. In the 19th
century, aluminium was the source of luxury goods for the rich few,
but during World War I, it was subjected to strategic
considerations by belligerent states, becoming a warfare metal. It
remained a military-strategic metal well into the 1950s before it
regained a position as a metal for civilian consumption, this time
for the masses. From Warfare to Welfare takes a historical
approach, informed by an institutionalist perspective, to elucidate
the political economy of the aluminium industry in the 20th
century. The book is structured as a series of analyses of the
interactions between the state and the corporations in different
countries. By looking at business-government relationships, the
book provides a better grasp on the linkages between the aluminium
industry and the two key features of the history of the 20th
century: the rise of the industrial warfare state and its
subsequent replacement by the welfare state. (Series: ROSTRA Books
Trondheim Studies in History - No. 9)
This book brings together leading experts to assess how and whether
the Nazis were successful in fostering collaboration to secure the
resources they required during World War II. These studies of the
occupation regimes in Norway and Western Europe reveal that the
Nazis developed highly sophisticated instruments of exploitation
beyond oppression and looting. The authors highlight that in
comparison to the heavy manufacturing industries of Western Europe,
Norway could provide many raw materials that the German war machine
desperately needed, such as aluminium, nickel, molybdenum and fish.
These chapters demonstrate that the Nazis provided incentives to
foster economic collaboration, hoping that these would make every
mine, factory and smelter produce at its highest level of capacity.
All readers will learn about the unique part of Norwegian economic
collaboration during this period and discover the rich context of
economic collaboration across Europe during World War II.
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