List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword
Introduction
PART I: THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK AND FOUNDATIONS OF GERMAN INDUSTRIALIZATION
Chapter 1. The German State: Changing Boundaries
- Germany at the End of the Eighteenth Century
- Germany during the Napoleonic Wars (1793 to 1806-15)
- Germany after the Congress of Vienna
- Germany and the Zollverein (1834-1866)
- Germany and the North German Confederation (1866-1870)
- The German Kaiserreich
Chapter 2. A Quantitative Overview of Germany's Economic Expansion in the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 3. Institutional and Commercial Preconditions
- Agrarian Reforms: The Case of Prussia
- The Development of the German Zollverein,
- The Zollverein and Monetary Integration: The Rise of the Mark
- The Impact of Monetary and Banking Reforms
- A Methodological Note on Causality
Chapter 4. The Emergence of a Modern Economy
- Capital Formation
- Labor Force
- Labor in Agriculture
- Labor in Industry and Handicrafts
- Technology and Competition: The Case of the Iron Industry
- Railways and the Leading Sector Syndrome: Backward and Forward Linkages
- The Role of the State
PART II: THE GERMAN ECONOMY SINCE THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Chapter 5. Agriculture
- Production and Productivity
- Agricultural Protection
Chapter 6. Population and Labor
- Population and Migration
- Population Growth
- Population Dynamics
- Migration
- Labor Force Development
- Size and Structure
- Quality of Labor
- Living Conditions
- Institutional Arrangements
Chapter 7. Money and Banking
- Structure of the Banking Sector
- Contributions of Banks to Industrial Growth
Chapter 8. Entrepreneurship
- Social Origins and Mobility
- Traditional Obstacles
- Qualifications
- Political Influence
Chapter 9. The Role of the State
- Mercantilist Traditions and Periodization
- New Economic Policies
- Nationalization of the Railways
- Fiscal and Tariff Policy
- Social Policy
Chapter 10. The International Economy
- International Trade at Mid-century
- Trade Expansion, 1870-1914
- Growing Protectionism after 1870
- Foreign Investment
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index