Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iv
3. List of Tables and Figures vi
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. PART ONE Eastern Europe’s Great Depression in Its International Context
6. 2 The League of Nations, Eastern Europe, and the Great Depression 27
7. 3 Austria: The Toll of Economic Orthodoxy 55
8. 4 Poland: Foreign Capital and Economic Nationalism during the Great Depression 77
9. PART TWO Business Networks during the Great Depression
10. 5 Czechoslovakia: “The Last Straw”: Bat’a and Endicott-Johnson during and after the Great Depression 99
11. 6 Latvia: Between Economic Recovery and the Great Depression: Multi-ethnic Entrepreneurship, Fragmentation, Nationalization 127
12. PART THREE Changing Relations between State and Society
13. 7 Estonia: “Is This the Estonia We Wanted?” How the Interwar Slump Reshaped Estonia’s Society 157
14. 8 Lithuania: The Great Depression, Social Divisions, and Economic Nationalism 179
15. 9 Romania: Serving Fewer by Design: Austerity Welfare Politics during the Great Depression 203
16. PART FOUR The Depression as Catalyst for Economic and Political Thought
17. 10 Hungary: Social and Political Consequences of the Great Depression 233
18. 11 Bulgaria: Economic Thought and Structural Change during the Great Depression 271
19. 12 Greece: Institutional Strategies and Political Actors in a Period of Increasing Economic Protectionism 301
20. Conclusion
21. 13 The Watershed Moment of Eastern Europe’s Interwar 335
22. Contributors 343
23. Index 347