Pierenkemper / Tilly The German Economy During the Nineteenth Century

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-78238-721-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Web PDF

In the 19th Century, economic growth was accompanied by large-scale structural change, known as industrialization, which fundamentally affected western societies. Even though industrialization is on the wane in some advanced economies and we are experiencing substantial structural changes again, the causes and consequences of these changes are inextricably linked with earlier industrialization.This means that understanding 19th Century industrialization helps us understand problems of contemporary economic growth. There is no recent study on economic developments in 19th Century Germany. So this concise volume, written specifically with students of German and economic history in mind, will prove to be most valuable, not least because of its wealth of statistical data.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pierenkemper, Toni

Tilly, Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword
Introduction
PART I: THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK AND FOUNDATIONS OF GERMAN INDUSTRIALIZATION
Chapter 1. The German “State”: Changing Boundaries

Germany at the End of the Eighteenth Century
Germany during the Napoleonic Wars (1793 to 1806–15)
Germany after the Congress of Vienna
Germany and the Zollverein (1834–1866)
Germany and the North German Confederation (1866–1870)
The German Kaiserreich

Chapter 2. A Quantitative Overview of Germany’s Economic Expansion in the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 3. Institutional and Commercial Preconditions

Agrarian Reforms: The Case of Prussia
The Development of the German Zollverein,
The Zollverein and Monetary Integration: The Rise of the Mark
The Impact of Monetary and Banking Reforms
A Methodological Note on Causality

Chapter 4. The Emergence of a Modern Economy

Capital Formation
Labor Force
Labor in Agriculture
Labor in Industry and Handicrafts
Technology and Competition: The Case of the Iron Industry
Railways and the Leading Sector Syndrome: Backward and Forward Linkages
The Role of the State

PART II: THE GERMAN ECONOMY SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Chapter 5. Agriculture

Production and Productivity
Agricultural Protection


Chapter 6. Population and Labor

Population and Migration
Population Growth
Population Dynamics
Migration
Labor Force Development
Size and Structure
Quality of Labor
Living Conditions
Institutional Arrangements

Chapter 7. Money and Banking

Structure of the Banking Sector
Contributions of Banks to Industrial Growth

Chapter 8. Entrepreneurship

Social Origins and Mobility
Traditional Obstacles
Qualifications
Political Influence

Chapter 9. The Role of the State

Mercantilist Traditions and Periodization
“New” Economic Policies
Nationalization of the Railways
Fiscal and Tariff Policy
Social Policy

Chapter 10. The International Economy

International Trade at Mid-century
Trade Expansion, 1870–1914
Growing Protectionism after 1870
Foreign Investment

Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tilly, Richard

Pierenkemper, Toni

Toni Pierenkemper is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Cologne.

Richard Tilly is Emeritus Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Münster.