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Author Pfister, Ulrich

Title An Economic History of the First German Unification State Formation and Economic Development in a European Perspective
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (391 p.)
Series Routledge Explorations in Economic History Ser
Routledge Explorations in Economic History Ser
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
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
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
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
Author Wolf, Nikolaus
ISBN 9781000850284
1000850285