Landownership in Eastern Germany before the Great War : a quantitative analysis / Scott M. Eddie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eddie, Scott McNeil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Germany--History--20th century.

Land tenure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The big landlords of eastern Germany have loomed large in the country's history, but the absence of official statistics on landownership has left their position and identity confined to folklore, without satisfactory quantification. This study, making extensive use of primary sources from the seven 'core provinces' of eastern Germany-the so-called 'East Elbian' region-establishes answers to questions pivotal to our understanding of pre-war Germany: who were the biggest landowners, both by area and by the tax assessment of their land? Which social groups held land? How much land did they own an

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Map: Central Europe in 1910, with seven East Elbian provinces outlined in white; 1. Introduction; 1.1. The Setting; 1.2. Who Owned the Land? How do we Know?; 1.3. Address Books of Landed Properties as Sources for Scholars; 1.3.1. The Pioneer: Johannes Conrad; 1.3.2. Conrad's Students and Followers; 1.3.3. Recent Work in the Conradian Tradition: Hess, Nabert, Buchsteiner, Schiller; 1.4. Farm Statistics are not Property Statistics; 1.4.1. Incomparabilities in the Data of the Agricultural Censuses; 1.4.2. Owning, Renting, and Ownership Statistics

1.4.3. Can Census Data Serve as a Proxy for Property Data?1.4.4. Adjustment of the 1882 Census Data; 2. Data Considerations; 2.1. Preview; 2.2. Principal Sources and Uses of Ownership Data; 2.3. Correcting and Adjusting the Data; 2.3.1. Internal Consistency of the Data; 2.3.2. Problems with Individual Properties; 2.3.3. Incomplete Coverage of the Data; 2.3.4. Adjusting for the Anomalies in Reporting State-Owned Properties; 3. The Geographical and Size Distribution of Large Landed Properties; 3.1. Preview; 3.2. Introduction; 3.3. The Land Endowment of the Eastern Provinces

3.4. The Regional Distribution of Large Properties3.5. The Size of Large Properties; 3.5.1. Traditional View 1: Distribution by Total Area of Properties; 3.5.2. Traditional View 2: Distribution by Total Area Owned; 3.5.3. A Non-Traditional View 1: Distribution by Tax Value; 3.5.4. A Non-Traditional View 2: Logarithmic Distributions; 3.5.5. Summary; 3.5.6. Distribution in the Provinces; 4. Ownership of Land by Rank or Class of Owner; 4.1. Preview; 4.2. Introduction; 4.3. Ownership by Rank and Type of Owner; 4.3.1. Royalty; 4.3.2. The Nobility; 4.3.3. Non-Noble Persons ('Bourgeoisie')

4.3.4. Another Look at Rank: Military Officers4.3.5. The Prussian State; 4.3.6. Non-Physical Juridical Persons (Other than the Prussian State); 4.4. Summary; 5. The Biggest Landowners; 5.1. Preview; 5.2. Introduction: Conrad's Twenty Largest Landowners; 5.3. The Top Fifty Landowners by Total Area and Total Tax Value; 5.4. The Super Elite: The Top Ten Landowners; 6. Knight's Estates: A Special Class of Property; 6.1. Preview; 6.2. Introduction; 6.3. Numbers and Area of Knight's Estates in East Elbia; 6.3.1. General Considerations; 6.3.2. Coverage and Inclusion

6.4. East and West Prussia, 1834-1884/56.5. Ownership Changes in All Seven Provinces after c.1882; 6.6. Who Owned How Much?; 6.6.1. Was there Specialization in Ownership?; 6.6.2. Grouping Properties by their Land-Use Profile; 6.6.3. Did Different Classes of Owners Specialize in What Types of Properties They Owned and Where?; 6.6.4. Why did Knight's Estates Appear to Command a Premium over Other Large Properties in the Market?; 6.7. Summary of Examination of Knight's Estates; 7. Industry on the Land; 7.1. Preview; 7.2. Introduction; 7.2.1. The Data

7.2.2. Summary of Distribution of Industrial Establishments

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-264) index.

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ISBN:

0-19-151864-6

9786611852252

1-281-85225-2

OCLC:

256072089