List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Official statistics and the crisis of the Wilhelmine state; 2. The Republic's new numbers, 1918–23; 3. Weimar's macroeconomic statistics, 1924–29; 4. The crisis of Weimar's statistical establishment, 1930–3; 5. Statistics and the 'Strong State', 1933–6; 6. The radicalization of the Nazi regime and the death of official statistics, 1936–9; 7. World War II and the return of macroeconomics; Conclusion; Appendix: Wagemann's national economic account - explanatory notes; Bibliography; Index.
This book considers statistical innovation, 1900–45, in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich.
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