The European economy since 1914-1970 / Derek Aldcroft, Steven Morewood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aldcroft, Derek Howard.

Contributor:

Morewood, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic conditions.

Europe--Economic conditions--20th century.

Europe.

Europe--Economic conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

xii, 439 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

The fifth edition of The European Economy provides a succinct and lucid account of the development and problems of the European economy since the First World War. It covers the whole of Europe including Russia and Turkey. The text divides into several clearly defined sub-periods: the impact and aftermath of the First World War and recovery and reconstruction during the 1920s; the depression and the recovery of the 1930s; the impact of the Second World War and the new political division in Europe; the post-war boom of the 1950s and 1960s and then into the growth slowdown of the 1970s and the persistent problems of inflation and unemployment. It then analyses the demise of the centrally planned economies of eastern Europe and the move to a more united Europe and then discusses the financial and economic problems that have emerged in the early twenty-first century.

This new edition has been extensively revised, new chapters have been added and the reading lists updated.

Though the volume is designed as a basic introductory text the authors elicit some of the lessons that can be learnt from a study of past development, one of which is the limited power of governments to influence the course of events and to combat the operation of market forces. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The end of the old order, 1914-21 11

2 Post-war reconstruction and instability problems in the 1920s 44

3 Economic crisis and recovery, 1929-39 76

4 Eastern Europe and the periphery in the 1930s 101

5 The battle for Europe 1939-45 123

6 Europe's reconstruction 154

7 The golden age of post-war economic growth 184

8 The socialist economies of Eastern Europe, 1950-70 221

9 Western capitalism in the 1970s 246

10 Western Europe in the 1980s: the search for stability 268

11 Eastern Europe in transition, 1970-90 294

12 Towards a united Europe, 1990-2000 319

13 The new millennium 344

14 The euro-zone crisis 369.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-430) and index.

ISBN:

041543890X

9780415438896

0415438896

9780415438902

OCLC:

801594504