This book is an odd hybrid. It is addressed to general readers with an interest in inflation, and at times caters to those who know virtually no history. But it also has an exceptionally large scholarly apparatus, ( )

All good stuff but targeted at the academic reader - over half the book is appendices and index! ( )

There were many interesting older sources, particularly in French, but I was unable to find copies of the books because they are so old, unfortunately. I would especially have liked to see the old French compilations on the economy of the Middle East and Summerian areas in the ancient world. But, what strikes me as most important about this book is simply the lack of Anglophone access to the academic works on long-term economic history which seem to be taken for granted by French, Spanish and German speakers. How do we get not only inter-disciplinary studies but also multi-lingual studies to be given a more prominent place in Anglophone academia?
Shira ( )

There were many interesting older sources, particularly in French, but I was unable to find copies of the books because they are so old, unfortunately. I would especially have liked to see the old French compilations on the economy of the Middle East and Summerian areas in the ancient world. But, what strikes me as most important about this book is simply the lack of Anglophone access to the academic works on long-term economic history which seem to be taken for granted by French, Spanish and German speakers. How do we get not only inter-disciplinary studies but also multi-lingual studies to be given a more prominent place in Anglophone academia?
Shira ( )

Amazing. Required reading - for Americans especially. Fischer is truly one of our greatest historians ( )