This book provides an invaluable guide to understanding the current problems of this volatile region, demonstrating that the area's economic history over the last century has vital legacies for its economic future.

Lee J. Alston University of Illinois, USA, Ivan T. Berend University of California, USA, Ivo Bi^D'cani^D'c University of Zagreb, Croatia, Felix Butschek Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Scott M. Eddie University of Toronto Canada, Janusz Kaliński Warsaw School of Economics, Daniel E. Miller University of West Florida, USA, Jürgen Nautz Gesamthochschule Universität, Germany, Michael Palairet University of Edinburgh, Anton Pelika University of Innsbruck, Austria, Roumyana Preshlenova Institute for Balkan Studies, Bulgaria, Marko Skreb University of Zagreb, Croatia, Jan Stanovsky Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Alic Teichova Girton College, Cambridge, Richard Tilly Universität Münster, Germany