02955nam 2200589 450 991046031570332120200520144314.01-78238-503-7(CKB)3710000000244286(EBL)1644367(SSID)ssj0001347162(PQKBManifestationID)12603573(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001347162(PQKBWorkID)11349234(PQKB)11772036(MiAaPQ)EBC1644367(Au-PeEL)EBL1644367(CaPaEBR)ebr10938207(CaONFJC)MIL646516(OCoLC)891445800(EXLCZ)99371000000024428620141001h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe challenges of globalization economy and politics in Germany, 1860-1914 /Cornelius Torp ; translated by Alex SkinnerNew York :Berghahn,2014.©20141 online resource (387 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-15261-6 1-78238-502-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; 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: The Genesis of the Customs Tariff Reform of 1902; Chapter 6 - German Trade Policy after the Turn of the Century: A Two-Country Study; Conclusion; Appendix; Endnotes; Sources and Bibliography; Subject Index; Name IndexIn 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 marketGermanyEconomic conditions19th centuryGermanyEconomic conditions20th centuryGermanyPolitics and government19th centuryGermanyPolitics and government20th centuryElectronic books.330.943/084Torp Cornelius926851Skinner AlexMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460315703321The challenges of globalization2246691UNINA