The European Periphery in the Interwar Years: Case of Arrested Development
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Overview
This volume explores the development along the European periphery mainly in the interwar period, seeking to explain how the countries adapted to the major shocks of the period, namely war and depression. The dozen or so countries covered in the study were all backward by western standards, even though many of them had before 1914 felt something of the backwash of modern economic development. Their subsequent progress was checked by war and depression, but a further object of the study is to show that political and social factors were also a major impediment to sustained progress and modernisation.Synopsis
This volume explores the development along the European periphery mainly in the interwar period, seeking to explain how the countries adapted to the major shocks of the period, namely war and depression. The dozen or so countries covered in the study were all backward by western standards, even though many of them had before 1914 felt something of the backwash of modern economic development. Their subsequent progress was checked by war and depression, but a further object of the study is to show that political and social factors were also a major impediment to sustained progress and modernisation.