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Record Nr.

UNINA9910975384503321

Titolo

German industry and german industrialisation : essays in german economic and business history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / / edited by W.R. Lee.

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017

ISBN

0-415-78864-1

1-351-84036-3

1-315-22326-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 322 pages)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: The German Economy ; ; Volume 9

Disciplina

338.0943

Soggetti

Industrialization - Germany - History - 20th century

Industrialization - Germany - History - 19th century

Germany Economic conditions 19th century

Germany Economic conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 The Paradigm of German Industrialisation : Some Recent Issues and Debates in the Modern Historiography of German Industrial Development -- chapter 2 Foreign Competition and Technological Change : British Exports and the Modernisation of the German Iron Industry from the 1820s to the 1860s -- chapter 3 Tariffs and Market Structure : The German Zollverein as a Model for Economic Integration -- chapter 4 Banking and Economic Growth : Banks and Industry in Germany in the Nineteenth-Century and their Changing Relationship During Industrialisation -- chapter 5 Cyclical Trends and the Market Response: Long Swings in Urban Development in Germany, 1850-1914 -- chapter 6 Sectoral Performance and Economic Development: The Backward Linkages of the German Pig-Iron Industry, 1871-1913, as a Factor in Macro-Economic Growth -- chapter 7 ‘New Industries’ and the Role of the State : The Development of Electrical Power in South Germany From c.1880 to the 1920s -- chapter 8 The Political Framework of Structural Modernisation: The I.g. Farbenindustrie AG, 1904-1945 -- chapter 9 Germany and the International Economy the



Role of the German Inflation in Overcoming the 1920/1 United States and World Depression -- chapter 10 Occupation Policy and Post-War Reconstruction : British Manpower Policy in the Ruhr Coal-Mines, 1945-1947, and West German Economic Recovery.

Sommario/riassunto

"Originally published in 1991 this book brings together 9 essays which address a number of central issues relating to the nature of German industrialisation, including the role of foreign competition in fostering technological change, the importance of market integration for economic development and the response of German banks to industrialisation. The book also provides an important corrective to the traditional interpretation of German industrialisation and reassesses the economic impact of the customs union (Zollverein). The reappraisal of some dominant themes in German economic and business history is distinctive in its explicit use of economic theory in historical analysis of long-term growth processes. It also emphasises the importance of sectoral analysis and illustrates the usefulness of a differential regional approach for understanding the process of German industrialisation. "--Provided by publisher.