Stephan Barisitz Livres

Focusing on the evolution of banking systems in Central and Eastern Europe, this comprehensive book examines the transition from the communist era to the present. It offers a comparative analysis across numerous transition countries, highlighting key developments and changes in the banking landscape over time.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the pre-modern economic history of Central Asia and the Silk Road, covering several millennia. By analyzing an abundance of sources and materials, it illustrates the repeated economic heydays of the Silk Road, during which it linked the Orient and Occident for many centuries. Nomadic steppe empires frequently dominated Central Asia, molded its economy and influenced trade along the Silk Road. The book assesses the causes and effects of the wide-ranging overland trade booms, while also discussing various internal and external factors that led to the gradual economic decline of Central Asia and eventual demise of the Silk Road. Lastly, it explains how the economic decline gave rise to Chinese and Russian colonialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Detailed information, e. g. on the Silk Road’s trajectories in various epochs, is offered in the form of numerous newly drafted maps. 

Die wirtschaftlichen Blütezeiten der Seidenstraße und deren Einfluss auf den Handel zwischen Orient und Okzident stehen im Mittelpunkt dieser umfassenden Analyse der vormodernen Wirtschaftsgeschichte Zentralasiens. Das Buch beleuchtet die Rolle nomadischer Steppenreiche, die die Region prägten, sowie die Ursachen und Folgen des Überlandhandelsbooms. Es untersucht auch die internen und externen Faktoren, die zum wirtschaftlichen Niedergang führten, und zeigt auf, wie dieser Niedergang den Kolonialismus Chinas und Russlands im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert begünstigte. Neu erstellte Karten ergänzen die detaillierten Informationen.