"Indispensable reading for anyone interested in the fate of
democratic institutions in Weimar Germany and other countries
operating in the twentieth-century context of war and economic
catastrophe."--American Historical Review
"Mandatory reading for social scientists of all kinds, and not only
monetarists and historians dealing with twentieth-century
Germany."--Journal of Economic Literature
"Feldman's history of the German inflation is impressive both for
the breadth of its vision and the texture of its detail....[The
book] will become essential reading for anyone who truly wishes to
understand what happened to Germany in the first third of the
Twentieth century."--Journal of Military History
"Gerald D. Feldman's history of the great inflation in Germany adds
up to one of the most comprehensive investigations of an advanced
industrial society....With the realist novelist's eye for
illustrative detail and consequential themes, Gerald Feldman has
produced a sweeping history of Germany in the age of
inflation."--The Historian
"[A] magnum opus....[of] monumental value."--CHOICE
"The Great Disorder is the best sort of economic history in a wider
sense--explaining not only how economic ideas evolve and events
happen, but also how economic decisions can transform society and
profoundly shape political culture. As with all of Feldman's work,
it is based on an intense and comprehensive grasp of archival
sources. To write such a widely encompassing social as well as
economic history that takes actual experience as its starting
point and does not rely on predigested formulas about class or
interests is an immense undertaking, which Feldman has accomplished
in an exemplary way."--Harold James, Princeton University
"The Great Disorder--a veritable 'opus magnum' and an outstanding
example of great historiography. I am deeply impressed by the
perfect combination of penetrating research and comprehensive
synthesis."--Rudolf Vierhaus, Max-Planck Gesellschaft
"Based on an unsurpassed knowledge of primary and secondary
sources, this is the most exhaustive study of the social,
political, economic, and foreign policy ramifications of Germany's
Great Inflation ever undertaken....A truly learned book of lasting
significance!"--Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Free University of
Berlin
"Gerald Feldman's well-researched and well-written book on the
causes and consequences of the German inflation provides us with a
lucid and penetrating analysis of the problem and will prove to be
indispensable for any deeper understanding of the course of
twentieth-century German history."--Peter-Christian Witt,
University of Kassel
"This is a long-awaited book. It brings to a culmination a
quarter-century of exhaustive research on one of the key periods of
twentieth-century German history....A monumental work that rests on
a rock-solid foundation of documentation drawn from more than fifty
archives and other repositories....Feldman's study deservedly
becomes the standard work on the subject in any language and
promises to remain so for a long time."--Journal of
Interdisciplinary
History
"This is a monumental study....the first book to attempt a
synthesis of what is now a large recent literature....bound to
become the standard against which all other interpretations are
judged, I recommend the work for undergraduate
libraries..."--History
"It exceeds the bounds of previous scholarship, moreover, in that
Feldman personally has done an enormous amount of additional
original research that he incorporates into the book....The result
amounts to a reconceptualization of the early history of the Weimar
Republic....As such, the book will stand for years to come as the
standard work in the field and as a monument to the author's skills
and indefatigability both as a researcher and as an organizer
of
research projects."--Journal of Modern History
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