German Economy During the Nineteenth Century

Toni Pierenkemper is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Cologne.

"For some time to come, this book will guarantee that the knowledge of German industrialization and the latest information on German research will be much improved and up to date abroad." For some time to come, this book will guarantee that the knowledge of German industrialization and the latest information on German research will be much improved and up to date abroad."  ·  Vierteljarschrift für Sozial und Wirtschaftsgeschichte"The data ... collected is so impressive, and the economic history so difficult to master, that most [scholars] will need this book on their shelves."  ·  Eric Dorn Brose, Drexel University“…an outstanding primer on the 19th Century German economy… professors and graduate students will certainly profit from the wealth of statistical data assembled from classic and current studies...there are many ways to read this insightful, well-crafted book [that] deserves a wide readership.”  ·  German History

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesForewordIntroductionPART I: THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK AND FOUNDATIONS OF GERMAN INDUSTRIALIZATIONChapter 1. The German “State”: Changing BoundariesGermany at the End of the Eighteenth CenturyGermany during the Napoleonic Wars (1793 to 1806–15)Germany after the Congress of ViennaGermany and the Zollverein (1834–1866)Germany and the North German Confederation (1866–1870)The German KaiserreichChapter 2. A Quantitative Overview of Germany’s Economic Expansion in the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 3. Institutional and Commercial PreconditionsAgrarian Reforms: The Case of PrussiaThe Development of the German Zollverein,The Zollverein and Monetary Integration: The Rise of the MarkThe Impact of Monetary and Banking ReformsA Methodological Note on CausalityChapter 4. The Emergence of a Modern EconomyCapital FormationLabor ForceLabor in AgricultureLabor in Industry and HandicraftsTechnology and Competition: The Case of the Iron IndustryRailways and the Leading Sector Syndrome: Backward and Forward LinkagesThe Role of the StatePART II: THE GERMAN ECONOMY SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURYChapter 5. AgricultureProduction and ProductivityAgricultural ProtectionChapter 6. Population and LaborPopulation and MigrationPopulation GrowthPopulation DynamicsMigrationLabor Force DevelopmentSize and StructureQuality of LaborLiving ConditionsInstitutional ArrangementsChapter 7. Money and BankingStructure of the Banking SectorContributions of Banks to Industrial GrowthChapter 8. EntrepreneurshipSocial Origins and MobilityTraditional ObstaclesQualificationsPolitical InfluenceChapter 9. The Role of the StateMercantilist Traditions and Periodization“New” Economic PoliciesNationalization of the RailwaysFiscal and Tariff PolicySocial PolicyChapter 10. The International EconomyInternational Trade at Mid-centuryTrade Expansion, 1870–1914Growing Protectionism after 1870Foreign InvestmentEpilogueSelected BibliographyIndex