The German Economy During the Nineteenth Century

In the 19thCentury, economic growth was accompanied by large-scale structural change, known as industrialization, which fundamentally affected western societies. Even though industrialization is on the wane in some advanced economies and we are experiencing substantial structural changes again, the causes and consequences of these changes are inextricably linked with earlier industrialization.This means that understanding 19thCentury industrialization helps us understand problems of contemporary economic growth. There is no recent study on economic developments in 19thCentury Germany. So this concise volume, written specifically with students of German and economic history in mind, will prove to be most valuable, not least because of its wealth of statistical data. Toni Pierenkemperis Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Cologne. Richard Tillyis Emeritus Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Münster.