The Kipper und Wipper Inflation, 1619-23: An Economic History with Contemporary German Broadsheets (Yale Series in Economic History (YUP)) (Yale Series in Economic and Financial History)

by Martha White Paas

John Roger Paas and George C. Schoolfield (Translator)

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This book is an economic analysis of the Kipper und Wipper inflation of 1619–23, the most serious German inflation before the hyperinflation following World War I, with a particular focus on how it affected people’s lives and behavior. The volume features full-page reproductions of rare contemporary broadsheets—early forerunners of the modern newspaper—with striking illustrations and engaging texts. Published here in their entirety and for the first time in superb English translation, they are a unique window on society at the time and give a voice to the people who were actually devastated by the inflation.

  • ISBN10 0300146760
  • ISBN13 9780300146769
  • Publish Date 26 June 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press