Description |
1 online resource (391 p.) |
Series |
Routledge Explorations in Economic History Ser |
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Routledge Explorations in Economic History Ser
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Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Nation Formation and the Evolution of Economic Policy -- 2 National Identity, Economic Integration, and the Rise of Prussia -- 3 Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation and Institutional Integration Before the Founding of the German Empire -- 4 Politics, Administration, and Market Governance in a Federalist Environment: The German Empire in the 1870s and 1880s |
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Part II: The Formation of the Nation-State as a Structural and Institutional Turning Point -- 5 Germany's Transition from a Post-Malthusian to a Modern Growth Regime, 1860s to 1880s -- 6 Fiscal Regime, Nation-Building, and State Capacity: Interactions Among Public Finances, National Unification, and Economic Development -- 7 Nation-State Formation and Market Integration: Postal Service, Telegraph System, and Railways -- 8 The Changing Capacity for Self-Description: The Creation of a National Statistical Service -- 9 The Gold Standard and the Reichsbank: The Transformation of the Monetary Regime |
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10 Patent Law and Technical Progress -- Part III: Economic Development and Economic Institutions in Early Imperial Germany -- 11 Stock Exchanges, Banks, and the Panic of 1873 -- 12 How Organised was Capitalism in the Empire? Lobby Associations, Cartels, and Interlocking Directorates -- 13 Social Insurance and its Consequences for Workers' Living Conditions -- 14 Inequality and its Drivers in Germany, 1840-1914 -- 15 Education Systems and Human Capital Accumulation -- 16 Globalization and Foreign Trade -- Part IV: State and Economic Development in a European Perspective |
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17 Political Change and the Origins Of Protectionism: A French-German Comparison (1860s to 1890s) -- 18 The Economics of the Italian Unification -- 19 After Exit: The Habsburg Economy Since 1870 -- 20 British Relative Economic Decline in the Aftermath of German Unification -- Index |
Summary |
The central question of this book is whether and how such state formation did in fact contribute to economic development |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Wolf, Nikolaus
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ISBN |
9781000850284 |
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1000850285 |
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