Wilkins, Mira

Wilkins, Mira. The History of Foreign Investment in the United States to 1914. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University... 

Ibid., 384-385.1 cannot overemphasize the importance of the trademarks. On this subject see Mira Wilkins, "The neglected intangible asset The influence of the trade mark on the rise of the modern corporation," Business history, 34 (Jan 1992), 66-95. 

As the reader may have guessed by now. Gravity s rainbow, like Pynchon s other novels, is a book about paranoia. It is certainly no surprise when a book about World War II and the immediate post-war period has paranoia as its main theme that LG. Farben is one of the main characters. The I.G., with its technical wizardry and complex web of international business relationships, lurks behind the scenes throughout the book. And it is clear that this fictional portrayal of the firm and its dealings has a certain accuracy, as the contributions of Mira Wilkins and Kathryn Steen attest. 

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