Migration and Inequality in Germany 1870-1913

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Oliver Wavell

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Oxford Historical Monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--Germany--History.

Migration, Internal.

Equality--Germany--History.

Equality.

Germany.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford Oxford University Press, UK 2005

Summary:

Migration and Inequality in Germany 1870-1913 is a rigorous analysis of migration in Germany within the demographic and socio-economic contexts of the period studied. Focusing particularly on the rural labour market and the factors affecting it, it also examines the 'pull' factor to cities, and offers more nuanced interpretations of German industrialization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. - ;Migration and Inequality in Germany 1870-1913 presents a new view of German history in the late nineteenth century. Dr Grant argues that many of the problems of Imperial Germany were

Contents:

1. Imperial Germany as an Example of Industrialization under Labour Surplus Conditions; 2. Sources of Inequality in Rural Germany; 3. The Pattern of Migration, 1870-1913; 4. Migration in Germany 1870-1913: A Statistical Analysis; 5. Demography and Migration; 6. Migration, Farm Size, and the Condition of the Agricultural Labourer; 7. Agricultural Productivity, Labour Surplus, and Migration; 8. Migration and Urban Labour Markets; 9. Industrialization, Migration, and Inequality; 10. Challenging the Kehrite View of Imperial Germany; References and Sources; Index

Notes:

Print version record

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-388) and index

ISBN:

9780191515354

0191515353

0191706051

9780191706059

1280758430

9781280758430

1423770870

9781423770879

OCLC:

476258182

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license