The Economics Of World War I

by Edited by Stephen Broadberry , Mark Harrison

• ISBN13: 9780521852128
• ISBN10: 0521852129
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 postwar 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.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of tables	viii
List of contributors	xiv
Acknowledgements	xvi
Introduction
STEPHEN BROADBERRY AND MARK HARRISON	1	(2)
1 The economics of World War I: an overview
STEPEHN BROADBERRY AND MARK HARRISON	3	(38)
2 The pity of peace: Germany's economy at war, 1914-1918 and beyond
ALBRECHT RITSCHL	41	(36)
3 Austria-Hungary's economy in World War I
MAX-STEPHAN SCHULZE	77	(35)
4 The Ottoman economy in World War I
SEVKET PAMUK	112	(25)
5 Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the Dutch economy during World War I
HERMAN DE JONG	137	(32)
6 Was the Great War a watershed? The economics of World War I in France
PIERRE—CYRILLE HAUTCOEUR	169	(37)
7 The United Kingdom during World War I: business as usual?
STEPHEN BROADBERRY AND PETER HOWLETT	206	(29)
8 Poor Russia, poor show: mobilising a backward economy for war, 1914-1917
PETER GATRELL	235	(41)
9 Italy at war, 1915-1918
FRANCESCO GALASSI AND MARK HARRISON	276	(34)
10 Until it's over, over there: the US economy in World War I
HUGH ROCKOFF	310	(34)
Index	344