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Capitalism, politics, and railroads in Prussia, 1830-1870 / James M. Brophy.
Lippincott Library HE3079.P7 B76 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brophy, James M.
- Series:
- Historical perspectives on business enterprise series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads and state--Germany--Prussia--History--19th century.
- Railroads and state.
- Business and politics--Germany--Prussia--History--19th century.
- Business and politics.
- History.
- Germany--Prussia.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- This work examines the politics of moneymaking in the railroad industry and the relationship of railroad entrepreneurs with the conservative Prussian state during the industry's critical phase of growth and consolidation. James M. Brophy explores the pivotal role the business politics of the railroad industry played in industrialization, state building, and bourgeois political culture.
- Contents:
- 1 Capital and Political Authority in German History 1
- 2 Private or State Owned? The Railroad Question, 1830-1848 22
- 3 The Search for Mutual Accommodation, 1848-1857 53
- 4 The Conflict over Night Trains 75
- 5 Banking and the Business Class 87
- 6 The Railroad Fund, 1842-1859 107
- 7 The Juste Milieu, 1857-1870 135.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814207510
- OCLC:
- 37443049
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