The challenges of globalization : economy and politics in Germany, 1860-1914 / Cornelius Torp ; translated by Alex Skinner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torp, Cornelius, author.

Contributor:

Skinner, Alex, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--Economic conditions--19th century.

Germany.

Germany--Economic conditions--20th century.

Germany--Politics and government--1789-1900.

Germany--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the mid nineteenth century a process began that appears, from a present-day perspective, to have been the first wave of economic globalization. Within a few decades global economic integration reached a level that equaled, and in some respects surpassed, that of the present day. This book describes the interpenetration of the German economy with an emerging global economy before the First World War, while also demonstrating the huge challenge posed by globalization to the society and politics of the German Empire. The stakes for both the winners and losers of the intensifying world market

Contents:

Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The German Empire in the World Economy before 1914; Chapter 2 - Foreign Trade Policy in the Free Trade Era; Chapter 3 - The Shift towards Protectionism; Chapter 4 - The Caprivi Trade Treaties; Chapter 5 - The Conflict over the Bülow Tariff: The Genesis of the Customs Tariff Reform of 1902; Chapter 6 - German Trade Policy after the Turn of the Century: A Two-Country Study; Conclusion; Appendix; Endnotes; Sources and Bibliography; Subject Index; Name Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782385035

1782385037

OCLC:

891445800