Albert Ballin : business and politics in imperial Germany, 1888-1918 / by Lamar Cecil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cecil, Lamar, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballin, Albert, 1857-1918.

Ballin, Albert.

Hamburg-American Line.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1967.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This study of Albert Ballin, a powerful member of the banking and commercial elite in Imperial Germany and manager of the Hamburg-American Line from 1899-1918, illuminates the political and social structure of the aristocracy and the upper middle class in the German Empire. Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Key to Abbreviations

I. Hamburg and the HAPAG, 1880-1900

II. The World Is My Field: The West

III. The World Is My Field: The East

IV. Prussians and Politicians

V. A Place in the Sun

VI. Peace or War with England?

VII. The Phantom Fleet

VIII. A Voice in Berlin

IX. War with America

X. "An End with Dread"

XI. Conclusion

Bibliographical Essay

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

"Bibliographical essay": p. 357-369.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691650128

0691650128

9781400874873

1400874874

OCLC:

927296685