An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe: Economic Regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization

Ivan T. Berend

Apr 2006 · Cambridge University Press

About this ebook

A major history of economic regimes and economic performance throughout the twentieth century. Ivan T. Berend looks at the historic development of the twentieth-century European economy, examining both its failures and its successes in responding to the challenges of this crisis-ridden and troubled but highly successful age. The book surveys the European economy's chronological development, the main factors of economic growth, and the various economic regimes that were invented and introduced in Europe during the twentieth century. Professor Berend shows how the vast disparity between the European regions that had characterized earlier periods gradually began to disappear during the course of the twentieth century as more and more countries reached a more or less similar level of economic development. This accessible book will be required reading for students in European economic history, economics, and modern European history.

About the author

Ivan T. Berend is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. His numerous publications include Decades of Crisis: Central and Eastern Europe Before World War II (1998) and History Derailed: Central and Eastern Europe in the 'Long' Nineteenth Century (2003).