Osthandel and Ostpolitik

Robert Mark Spaulding teaches in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

• Introduction: Germany and the Eastern Trade IssueChapter 1. Toward Managed Trade: the First German-Russian Trade Treaty (1894)Chapter 2. German-Russian Trade: the Second RoundChapter 3. Structures of German Trade Policy in the Weimar RepublicChapter 4. German Trade Policy in Eastern Europe fromthe Great War to the Great DepressionChapter 5. Guaranteeing the Market 1929-1934 - Trade in Preparation for War 1930-1939Chapter 6. Seeking Autonomy: Resumption of Trade Relations in the OccupationChapter 7. Political Economy Resumed: Recreating the Networks 1949-1955Chapter 8. Familiar Clients: West German Trade Policy in Eastern Europe 1955-1960Conclusion: Structures and Patterns of German PolicyEpilogue: Continuities 1960-1990Bibliography

“… a monumental long-term study of a century of Germany's East European trade that demonstrates its continued response to political as well as market pressures - under liberal as well as authoritarian régimes, and during good times and bad … Spaulding's history also remains of acute contemporary relevance. • Charles Maier, Harvard University“A long-term perspective on a topic of vital current and continuing importance, and a major contribution to the study of German-Russian relations.” • Gerald D. Feldman