The 1970s are of particular relevance for understanding the socio-economic changes still shaping Western societies today. The collapse of traditional manufacturing industries like coal and steel, shipbuilding, and printing, as well as the rise of the service sector, contributed to a notable sense of decline and radical transformation. Building on the seminal work of Lutz Raphael and Anselm Doering-Manteuffel, Nach dem Boom, which identified a "social transformation of revolutionary quality" that ushered in "digital financial capitalism," this volume features a series of essays that reconsider the idea of a structural break in the 1970s. Contributors draw on case studies from France, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, and Germany to examine the validity of the "after the boom" hypothesis. Since the Boom attempts to bridge the gap between the English and highly productive German debates on the 1970s.
| ISBN: | 9781487507831 |
| Publication date: | 4th January 2021 |
| Author: | Sebastian Voigt |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | German and European Studies |
| Genres: |
International economics International trade and commerce Public international law: economic and trade International business History and Archaeology Industrial relations, occupational health and safety Trade unions Industrial arbitration and negotiation |