"Artisans travelled all over Europe in the pre-modern period, and they were responsible for many technical innovations and new consumer products. This volume moves away from the model of knowledge 'transfer' and, drawing on new understandings of artisan work, considers the links between artisan...

Industrialists and consolidation in Central Europe (1867-1914) -- Costly nationalism: industrialists on the eve of 1914 -- Millionaires of Mitteleuropa -- The enemy's money: economic retaliation in the First World War -- Profiting from victory: property transfers in the shadow of the 1918...