The Economics of World War I

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-85212-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 741 g

This unique volume offers a definitive new history of European economies at war from 1914 to 1918. It studies how European economies mobilised for war, how existing economic institutions stood up under the strain, how economic development influenced outcomes and how wartime experience influenced post-war economic growth. Leading international experts provide the first systematic comparison of economies at war between 1914 and 1918 based on the best available data for Britain, Germany, France, Russia, the USA, Italy, Turkey, Austria-Hungary and the Netherlands. The editors' overview draws some stark lessons about the role of economic development, the importance of markets and the damage done by nationalism and protectionism. A companion volume to the acclaimed The Economics of World War II, this is a major contribution to our understanding of total war.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Broadberry, Stephen

Harrison, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison; 1. The economics of World War I: an overview Stephen Broadberry and Mark Harrison; 2. The pity of peace: Germany's economy at war, 1914–1918 and beyond Albrecht Ritschl; 3. Austria-Hungary's economy in World War I Max-Stephan Schulze; 4. The Ottoman economy in World War I Sevket Pamuk; 5. Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the Dutch economy during World War I Herman de Jong; 6. Was the Great War a watershed? The economics of World War I in France Pierre-Cyrille Hautcoeur; 7. The United Kingdom during World War I: business as usual? Stephen Broadberry and Peter Howlett; 8. Poor Russia, poor show: mobilising a backward economy for war, 1914–1917 Peter Gatrell; 9. Italy at war, 1915–1918 Francesco Galassi and Mark Harrison; 10. Until its over, over there: the US economy in World War I Hugh Rockoff; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Broadberry, Stephen
Stephen Broadberry is Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. His previous books include The Productivity Race: British Manufacturing in International Perspective (1997).

Harrison, Mark
Mark Harrison writes about the history and economics of Russia, conflict, defence and security. He is a Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. He is also a research fellow of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham and of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.