Austrian Reconstruction and the Collapse of Global Finance, 1921 1931

Although some statesmen and historians have pinned Austriäs¿and the world¿s¿interwar economic implosion on financial colonialism, in this corrective history Nathan Marcus deemphasizes the negative role of external players and points to the greater impact of domestic malfeasance and predatory speculation on Austrian political and financial decline.

About the author

Nathan Marcus is Senior Lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Summary

Although some statesmen and historians have pinned Austria’s—and the world’s—interwar economic implosion on financial colonialism, in this corrective history Nathan Marcus deemphasizes the negative role of external players and points to the greater impact of domestic malfeasance and predatory speculation on Austrian political and financial decline.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Marcus
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780674088924
• ISBN: 978-0-674-08892-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 243 mm x 45 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; austria, Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, c 1920 to c 1929, Economic & financial crises & disasters, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Financial services industry, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Finance and the finance industry