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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldman, Gerald D., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Inflation (Finance).

Monetary policy--Germany--History--20th century.

Monetary policy.

Economic stabilization--Germany.

Economic stabilization.

Germany--Economic policy--1918-1933.

Germany.

Germany--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1032 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 945-968) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771359-9

0-19-988019-0

1-283-13030-0

9786613130303

0-19-977228-2

OCLC:

732051859