Between government and people: The German 'Reichsbank', 1914--1918.

Title: Between government and people: The German 'Reichsbank', 1914--1918.
Identifier: AAI9000738
identifier: 9000738
Creator: van Wie, Paul David.
Contributor: Adviser: John Weiss
Date: 1989
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: History, European
Abstract: This dissertation explores the relationship between the German Central Bank (the Reichsbank) and the German public during World War I. Financially isolated during World War I, Germany was thrown upon its own capital resources. As a consequence, the financial cooperation of the whole German nation was vital to the war effort. The dissertation asserts that the Reichsbank played a key role in the financial mobilization of the German public.;This work assesses the goals of the wartime Reichsbank, the methods used in attempting to achieve these goals, and the relative success of the Reichsbank's wartime work. The Reichsbank launched a propaganda campaign unprecedented in German history, but in general the bank did not realize its wartime goals.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.