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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816291103321

Autore

Feldman Gerald D

Titolo

The great disorder [[electronic resource] ] : politics, economics, and society in the German inflation, 1914-1924 / / Gerald D. Feldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-19-771359-9

0-19-988019-0

1-283-13030-0

9786613130303

0-19-977228-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1032 p.)

Disciplina

332.4/1/094309041

Soggetti

Inflation (Finance) - Germany - History - 20th century

Monetary policy - Germany - History - 20th century

Economic stabilization - Germany

Germany Economic policy 1918-1933

Germany Economic conditions 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction; BOOK ONE: THE INFLATION IN WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION; BOOK TWO: THE HYPERINFLATION; Epilogue: A Mortgaged Democracy; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a comprehensive study of the most famous and spectacular instance of inflation in modern industrial society--that in Germany during and following World War I. A broad, probing narrative, this book studies inflation as a strategy of social pacification and economic reconstruction and as a mechanism for escaping domestic and international indebtedness. The Great Disorder is a study of German society under the tension of inflation and hyperinflation, and it explores the ways in which Germany's hyperinflation and stabilization were linked to the Great Depression and the rise of