Table of Contents

Part I. 1870-1948 1. The Economy of the Kaiserreich 1871-1914 2. The First World War 3. Reparations and Inflation 4. Relative Stabilisation 5. The Great Depression 6. The National Socialist Economy 7. The Second World War 8. The Post-War Economy 1945-1948 Part II. The Federal Republic of Germany 1949-1985 9. Economic Growth and Fluctuations 10. Economic Doctrine and Policy 11. Public Finance 12. Capital and Labour 13. Structural Change 14. Foreign Trade

Reviews

." . . certainly the best English-language survey of its subject, and will be gratefully received by all who have laboured to teach it to English-speaking graduates."
-"Economic History Review
"Braun's contribution is a successful one. It avoids willful eccentricities and offers a thematically and chronologically well balanced survey of the German economy since the 1890s. The notes to each chapter provide a particularly comprehensive and up-to-date set of references to the literature on the subject, of great advantage to teachers."
-"International Affairs, January 1992
." . . this book can safely and usefully be given to undergraduates and meets a real need."
-"Economic Journal
." . . this concise and very well written book presents a remarkable amount of information about all aspects of the German economy that will be of particular interest to economic historians."
-"Choice
." . . Braun provides anexcellent survey of German economic history."
-"Business History Review