Kipper Und Wipper Inflation, 1619-23: An Economic History with Contemporary German Broadsheets

ISBN-13: 9780300146769 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 192 str.

Martha White Paas; George C. Schoolfield; John Roger Paas

Opis

This book is an economic analysis of the Kipper und Wipper inflation of 1619-23, the most serious German inflation before the hyperinflation following World War I, with a particular focus on how it affected people's lives and behavior. The volume features full-page reproductions of rare contemporary broadsheets--early forerunners of the modern newspaper--with striking illustrations and engaging texts. Published here in their entirety and for the first time in superb English translation, they are a unique window on society at the time and give a voice to the people who were actually devastated by the inflation.