Perspectives on Modern German Economic History and Policy

By: Knut Borchardt, Peter Lambert (Translator)

Write A Review

Paperback | 29 July 1991

At a Glance

Paperback
296 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.7

Paperback

RRP $89.95

$81.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $20.50 with

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

This is the long-awaited English-language edition of Professor Borchardt's brilliant and controversial essays on German economic history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The essays are nontechnical in character, and thus should be accessible to a wide range of historians. In particular they reinforce and illustrate the sheer usefulness of economic history for political historians and indeed for anyone interested in how detailed historical evidence can be brought to bear on apparently intractable problems. The essays deal in the main with three topics: the determinants of economic growth in nineteenth-century Germany; the major patterns of Germany's economic growth in the longer term up to the present day; and the structural crisis of the Weimar Republic before the slump of the 1930s, and the total absence of any economic "miracle weapon" against Hitler's seizure of power. In particular, Professor Borchardt's controversial interpretations of the economic history of the interwar period have already triggered a lively debate which will be enhanced by the appearance of an English edition.

Industry Reviews

' ... a collection of illuminating, crisply written and pugnacious essays on the economic history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Germany, thematically united in that they rest on the application to specific situations of long-run perspectives. They have become 'classic' articles in that they have opened up major new areas of investigation.' Harold James, Princeton University

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Geography Human Geography Economic Geography Economics Political Economy Development Economics & Emerging Economies History Regional & National History European History Earliest Times to Present Day

20th Century History from 1900 to 2000 Economic History

List of figures	p. ix
List of tables	p. xi
Preface to the English edition	p. xii
Preface to the German edition	p. xiii
List of original chapter titles and first places of publication	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Protectionism in historical perspective	p. 1
Was there a capital shortage in the first half of the nineteenth century in Germany?	p. 16
Regional variations in growth in Germany in the nineteenth century with particular reference to the west--east developmental gradient	p. 30
Investment in education and instruction in the nineteenth century	p. 48
Changes in the phenomenon of the business cycle over the last hundred years	p. 59
Trends, cycles, structural breaks, chance: what determines twentieth-century German economic history?	p. 84
The Federal Republic of Germany in the secular trend of economic development	p. 108
Germany's experience of inflation	p. 132
Constraints and room for manoeuvre in the great depression of the early thirties: towards a revision of the received historical picture	p. 143
Economic causes of the collapse of the Weimar Republic	p. 161
Germany's exchange rate options during the great depression	p. 184
Notes	p. 204
Index	p. 270
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

Perspectives on Modern German Economic History and Policy

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Development Economics & Emerging Economies

Privatising humanity

How our essential human needs became financial assets

Leading The Unleadable

How To Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, And Other Difficult People

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

The Philippine Economy Towards 2050

Economic Structure and Monetary Reality

Youth Futures and Precarious Urbanism

Education, Skills, and Employment in India

From Collective Punishment to Constraints on Authority

Rethinking the Impact of US Sanctions on Venezuela

From Collective Punishment to Constraints on Authority

Rethinking the Impact of US Sanctions on Venezuela

Navigating the AI Frontier in Business

Balancing Economy, Ecology, and Inclusion

African Sovereign Wealth Funds and New Directions in State Capitalism

Transaction-Based Development From the Periphery to the Center of Sovereign Investment Strategy

Creative Economy and Sustainable Development

Behind a Million Faces

Chinese Australians Through 200 Years, 1820s-2025

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

The AI Con

How To Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

168 Hours

You Have More Time Than You Think

Main Street Millionaire

How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses

Strategic Sustainability

A Pragmatic Blueprint for Responsible Business

Fed Up

A Chef's Adventures in Food, Farming and Feminism

Building Your Permaculture Property

A Five-Step Process to Design and Develop Land

Less is More

How Degrowth Will Save the World

The End of Poverty

How We Can Make it Happen in Our Lifetime

Thinking in Systems

A Primer

Sustainable Development

2nd edition

Buy Then Build

How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game

Principles of Agricultural Economics

4th Edition

This product is categorised by