Economics and Politics in the Weimar Republic

ISBN-13: 9780521777605 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 142 str.

Theo Balderston; Maurice Kirby

Opis

Dr. Theo Balderston explores the relevance of the politics of the Weimar Republic to its economic history. Tracing the origins, political fragility and eventual destruction of the unstable government in terms of the economic realities of interwar Germany, this book provides a comprehensive survey of sources otherwise inaccessible to students. Covering the Peace Treaty and reparations payments, the spiralling inflation of the twenties and the slump which led to the collapse of the republic, this is an indispensable guide to an extremely significant period in European economic history.

Recenzje

'This is a technically excellent summary of the economic literature on Weimar … It will be highly useful as a handbook to those teaching the period … the issues dealt with in this book were critically important to the course of world events during the twentieth century.' Robin Pearson, The Economic History Review

Spis treści

1. Demobilization and revolution; 2. Treaty, reparations, taxation; 3. Inflation; 4. 1924–9: normalization and stagnation?; 5. The slump; 6. Epilogue.