The People's Car is a transnational cultural history tracing the Beetle from its origins in Nazi Germany to its role in the postwar West German 'economic miracle' to its popularity in midcentury Europe and the U.S., second career in Mexico and Latin America, and revival in the late 1990s
An examination of the obsession for new technology in Britain and Germany between 1890 and 1945. It explains how Germans and Britons nurtured a fascination for aviation, glamorous passenger liners and film as they lived through profound social transformations and two wars.
The use of complex compounds in late transition metals has not only revolutionized synthesis in the laboratory, but has also led to them playing an important role as catalysts in the industrial production of new plastics. Here, the world's leading authors from research and industry discuss the latest developments in research into palladium, zinc, iron and nickel catalysis. In so doing, they systematic introduce readers to the basic principles and illustrate how these innovative catalysts can be effectively used for polymerizations. An ideal reference for every organic chemist working in catalysis or polymer research.