The End of French Predominance in Europe: The Financial Crisis of 1924 and the Adoption of the Dawes Plan

by Stephen A. Schuker

Overview

A study of the underlying economic issues that contributed to France's geopolitical decline, in particular the acceleration after World War I and the inflection point at the financial crisis of 1924. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's online version of the same title.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148742418
Publisher:	ACLS Humanities E-Book
Publication date:	08/20/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	460
File size:	3 MB

Editorial Reviews

Schuker's work combines careful research and elegant presentation. His efforts, extending over a decade, have been rewarded by the discovery of new sources as well as valuable material in the official French archives, access to some of which remains more a privilege than a right, legal prescriptions to the contrary notwithstanding. He has also pursued his narrative through the business and governmental archives of Britain, Germany, and the United States with exemplary thoroughness.

The Historical Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Sep., 1978), pp. 757-759 - Robert W. D. Boyce

This is a superb study of the climactic--or perhaps anticlimactic--phase of the reparation conflict, the Dawes Plan negotiations of 1924. Unlike many historians, Stephen A. Schuker quite properly stresses the intense political significance of this conflict: the real question was whether the Versailles system would remain intact or whether German power would again be allowed to dominate Europe.

The American Historical Review, Vol. 82, No. 3 (Jun., 1977), pp. 654-655 - Marc Trachtenberg