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| Preface | ||
| List of Tables | ||
| List of Maps, Plate, and Charts | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| Ch. I | The European Economy at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century | 5 |
| Pt. 1 | Determinants of Economic Progress | |
| Ch. II | The Institutional Framework | 21 |
| Ch. III | The Diffusion of Technology | 41 |
| Ch. IV | Capital Accumulation and Capital Export | 64 |
| Ch. V | The Sprit of Enterprise | 89 |
| Pt. 2 | Sinews of Growth: Credit and Transport | |
| Ch. VI | The Mobilization of Credit, 1915-1852 | 105 |
| Ch. VII | The Mobilization of Credit, 1853-1881 | 145 |
| Ch. VIII | Continental Railways: A Battle of Titans | 204 |
| Ch. IX | Railways in Spain and Russia | 248 |
| Ch. X | Rounding Out the Networks | 284 |
| Pt. 3 | Case Histories of Development and Disappointment | |
| Ch. XI | Industrialization in Belgium | 329 |
| Ch. XII | French Enterprise in German Industry | 369 |
| Ch. XIII | Capital Down the Drain: The Government Loan Business | 404 |
| Ch. XIV | French Finance and Italian Unity | 425 |
| Ch. XV | Venture and Achievement in the Near East | 458 |
| Pt. 4 | Epilogue and Conclusion | |
| Ch. XVI | New Horizons and the Search for Security, 1882-1914 | 485 |
| Ch. XVII | Conclusion | 502 |
| App. A | Estimates of National Wealth and Income in France, 1789-1914 | 513 |
| App. B | Elements of the French International Accounts, 1815-1914 | 518 |
| App. C | Estimates of French Foreign Investments | 533 |
| A Note on Sources | 535 | |
| List of Works Cited | 543 | |
| Index | 561 |
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Nicholas Boccia
reviewed France and the Economic Development of Europe, Vol. 4 on May 24, 2014
France and the Economic Development of Europe, Vol. 4
A well-written if underwhelming tour of the lives of America's gilded class. The book is dated for having been published over a decade ago and indeed right before the calamitous 2008 financial crisis. Frank doesn't engage the question of whether it is ethical or spiritually healthy for anyone to accumulate hundreds of millions of dollars in personal wealth or to own multiple colors of the same Rolls Royce Phantom. What he does illustrate though is just how many people like this there are (a lot) and the degree to which money itself feels like an illusory concept. Perhaps before 2008 it was still plausible to feel like there was anything remotely wholesome about this kind of accumulation, but I would volunteer that far fewer people would receive this book well today. The analysis is very journalistic, lots of scenes and quotes, but also light on big picture contextualizing. For that reason I would say its analytic value today is limited, although it is an easy read.
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