"Pitting fascists and communists in a showdown for supremacy, the Spanish Civil War has long been seen as a grim dress rehearsal for World War II. Francisco Franco's Nationalists prevailed with German and Italian military assistance--a clear instance, it seemed, of like-minded regimes joining...

Die Börse war im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert einer der spektakulärsten Orte im Zentrum Berlins. Der 1863 eingeweihte repräsentative Monumentalbau gegenüber dem Berliner Dom manifestierte das neue Nationalbewusstsein Preußens und entwickelte sich zu einem prominenten Schauplatz ökonomischen...

This collection of essays explores the impact that nationalism, capitalism, and socialism had on economics during the first half of the twentieth century. Focusing on Central Europe, contributors examine the role that businesspeople and enterprises played in Germany's and Austria's paths to the...