An Economic Spurt that Failed : : Four Lectures in Austrian History / / Alexander Gerschenkron.

In 1900 the newly appointed Austrian prime minister, Ernest von Koerber, initiated a novel program of economic development designed to solve the political and economic problems of the Habsburg Monarchy. Ambitious and ingenious as the plan was, it proved a failure, and in this book Alexander Gerschen...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1977
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Eliot Janeway Lectures on Historical Economics ; 1473
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Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • LECTURE ONE. The Road Before, the Moment, and its Hero
  • LECTURE TWO. The Economic Backwardness of Austria
  • LECTURE THREE. The Stumbling Block
  • LECTURE FOUR. The Retrospect
  • APPENDIX I
  • APPENDIX II
  • Index of Proper Names
  • Backmatter