The Challenges of Globalization

Economy and Politics in Germany, 1860-1914
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78238-502-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 711 g

In the mid nineteenth century a process began that appears, from a present-day perspective, to have been the first wave of economic globalization. Within a few decades global economic integration reached a level that equaled, and in some respects surpassed, that of the present day. This book describes the interpenetration of the German economy with an emerging global economy before the First World War, while also demonstrating the huge challenge posed by globalization to the society and politics of the German Empire. The stakes for both the winners and losers of the intensifying world market played a major role in dividing German society into camps with conflicting socio-economic priorities. As foreign trade policy moved into the center stage of political debates, the German government found it increasingly difficult to pursue a successful policy that avoided harming German exports and consumer interests while also seeking to placate a growing protectionist movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Torp, Cornelius

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Introduction



Chapter 1. The German Empire in the World Economy Before 1914

Chapter 2. Foreign Trade Policy in the Free-Trade Era

Chapter 3. The Shift Towards Protectionism

Chapter 4. The Caprivi Trade Treaties

Chapter 5. The Conflict over the Bülow Tariff and the Genesis of the Customs Tariff Reform of 1902

Chapter 6. German Trade Policy in the New Century: A Study of Two Countries



Conclusion



Appendix

Sources and Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Torp, Cornelius
Cornelius Torp is Lecturer in the Department of History at the Martin Luther University of Halle (Germany). He is the editor of Imperial Germany Revisited: Continuing Debates and New Perspectives (with Sven Oliver Müller, 2011) and the author of Max Weber und die preußischen Junker (1998).