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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Simon MeePublisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.740kg ISBN: 9781108499781ISBN 10: 1108499783 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 12 September 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. In search of the Reichsbank; 2. The Bank deutscher Länder and the foundation of West Germany, 1948–51; 3. Adenauer's challenge: the 'Gürzenich affair' and the Bank deutscher Länder, 1956–7; 4. The shadow of national socialism: Karl Blessing and the Bundesbank in 1965; 5. The Bundesbank, social democracy and the era of the 'Great Inflation', 1970–78; Conclusion.Reviews'Simon Mee has written an outstanding book that probes into how the Bundesbank connected up a particular view of history with interventions in politics as well as economics. He has skilfully uncovered the origins of the German concern with 'stability culture'.' Harold James, Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies, and Director, Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, Princeton University 'Simon Mee tells a compelling story of how German central bankers used particular historical lessons to advance their institutional, and perhaps even personal, interests. This is required reading for anyone interested not only in German monetary history, but in the future of Europe.' Kevin O'Rourke, Chichele Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford 'A fascinating book ... Highly recommended' I. Walter, Choice 'Simon Mee has written an outstanding book that probes into how the Bundesbank connected up a particular view of history with interventions in politics as well as economics. He has skilfully uncovered the origins of the German concern with 'stability culture'.' Harold James, Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies, and Director, Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, Princeton University 'Simon Mee tells a compelling story of how German central bankers used particular historical lessons to advance their institutional, and perhaps even personal, interests. This is required reading for anyone interested not only in German monetary history, but in the future of Europe.' Kevin O'Rourke, Chichele Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford 'Simon Mee has written an outstanding book that probes into how the Bundesbank connected up a particular view of history with interventions in politics as well as economics. He has skilfully uncovered the origins of the German concern with 'stability culture'.' Harold James, Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies, and Director, Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, Princeton University 'Simon Mee tells a compelling story of how German central bankers used particular historical lessons to advance their institutional, and perhaps even personal, interests. This is required reading for anyone interested not only in German monetary history, but in the future of Europe.' Kevin O'Rourke, Chichele Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford Author InformationSimon Mee is a former Theodor Heuss Research Fellow of the University of Oxford and Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung. He studied at the University of Dublin, University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. His Oxford doctoral research about the Bundesbank went on to win the 2017 Ph.D. Prize of the German Historical Institute, London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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