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The Challenges of Globalization: Economy and Politics in Germany, 1860-1914
Cornelius Torp
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Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 388 pages, 8 illus., 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 768.
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 played a major role ... Read more
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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
767g
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782385028
SKU
V9781782385028
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About Cornelius Torp
Cornelius Torp is Lecturer in the Department of History at the Martin Luther University of Halle (Germany). He is the editor of Imperial Germany Revisited: Continuing Debates and New Perspectives (with Sven Oliver Müller, 2011) and the author of Max Weber und die preußischen Junker (1998).
Reviews for The Challenges of Globalization: Economy and Politics in Germany, 1860-1914
“This book will serve as an eminently useful touchstone, not only for German, economic, and comparative history, but also for studies in political economy and for globalization generally. Useful for graduate students, faculty, and research libraries especially.” · Choice “… an admirable book in many respects. Its author displays great sensitivity to the political complexities involved in ... Read more