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German economic history in the industrial age has classically formed an important basis for the study of economic growth and industrialisation more generally. This book aims to introduce English-language readers to modern German economic history based on a selection of work by one of Germany's leading economic and business historians, Werner Plumpe, who places particular emphasis on the institutional structure of the economy. Plumpe's work demonstrates that the country's economic evolution can only be understood by paying close attention to institutional peculiarities, such as the shape of industrial relations and the dynamics of corporate decision-making. It also emphasises the importance of the interconnectedness of capital and labour in the German coordinated market economy and draws attention to individual events and decisions that may have driven long-term economic development, but are rarely considered in approaches that deal primarily with macroeconomic growth.
German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Century shows that Germany's economic history still warrants the application of an institutional view of economic transformation that is slightly different from the more formal perspectives dominant in the UK and the US. The book serves as a practical demonstration of a historicist approach to economic history introduced by the German Historical School a century ago, which still inspires large parts of German economic historiography.
German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Century shows that Germany's economic history still warrants the application of an institutional view of economic transformation that is slightly different from the more formal perspectives dominant in the UK and the US. The book serves as a practical demonstration of a historicist approach to economic history introduced by the German Historical School a century ago, which still inspires large parts of German economic historiography.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Business History
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Front Matter
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The History of Industrial Relations
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Werner Plumpe is Professor of Economics and Social History at the Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Germany. He studied history and economics at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany and received his PhD in 1985. He has held various positions in advisory boards, such as Chairman of the Academic Advisory Board of the German Society of Business History and President of the German Association of Historians.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: German Economic and Business History in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Authors: Werner Plumpe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51860-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51859-0Published: 12 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-51860-6Published: 03 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 367
Number of Illustrations: 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, Industrial Organization, Economic Policy, International Political Economy, German Politics