Economic History of Europe: Twentieth Century

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Introduction....Pages 1-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-24
Measures of Economic Mobilization: The British Example....Pages 25-30
The Problem of Essential Raw Materials in Germany....Pages 31-40
The Straining of Productive Capacity: The Russian Example....Pages 41-45
Labor Problems and the Employment of Women....Pages 46-52
Mobilization of Private Capital....Pages 53-54
Interallied Cooperation....Pages 55-57
War Devastation....Pages 58-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-64
The Treaty of Versailles....Pages 65-86
German Reaction to the Economic Demands of the Treaty....Pages 87-89
The Reparation Bill....Pages 90-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-96
Economic Chaos in Eastern Europe....Pages 97-103
Peasant Agriculture and Land Reform in Eastern Europe....Pages 104-106
Postwar Inflation....Pages 107-110
The Russian Runaway Inflation....Pages 111-114
Reconstruction in France....Pages 115-118
Interallied Debts....Pages 119-123
The German Inflation of 1923....Pages 124-131
Front Matter....Pages 133-134
The Dawes Plan....Pages 135-147
Britain’s Return to the Gold Standard....Pages 148-152
Front Matter....Pages 133-134
Lingering Problems of Recovery....Pages 153-163
A Stagnating Industry: British Shipbuilding....Pages 164-171
Cartelization of Industry....Pages 172-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-178
The New Economic Policy (NEP)....Pages 179-187
The Limits of the New Economic Policy....Pages 188-195
Working Out the First Five Year Plan....Pages 196-198
The Grain Crisis of 1927–29....Pages 199-205
The Third Revolution....Pages 206-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-214
The Agricultural Crisis....Pages 215-223
The Financial Crisis....Pages 224-234
Tariff Barriers....Pages 235-241
The Impact of Unemployment....Pages 242-249
Unemployment Relief in Nazi Germany....Pages 250-254
The Popular Front in France....Pages 255-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-266
Regulation of Labor Relations....Pages 267-279
Fascist Labor Recreation Organizations....Pages 280-284
Land Reclamation in Italy....Pages 285-288
Nazi Commercial Policy....Pages 289-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-298
British Mobilization....Pages 299-308
Lend-Lease....Pages 309-313
Front Matter....Pages 297-298
Strategic Bombing and the German War Economy....Pages 314-324
Postwar Economic Problems....Pages 325-334
Front Matter....Pages 335-336
The Welfare State....Pages 337-344
Planning and Economic Growth: The Example of France....Pages 345-354
European Economic Cooperation....Pages 355-367
The Eastern European Experience: The Example of Poland....Pages 368-376
Back Matter....Pages 377-386