Germany : a new social and economic history

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Germany : a new social and economic history

[general editors, Sheilagh Ogilvie and Bob Scribner]

Arnold , Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1996-

  • v. 1 : hbk
  • v. 1 : pbk
  • v. 2 : hbk
  • v. 2 : pbk
  • v. 3 : hbk
  • v. 3 : pbk

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Contents and volume editor: v. 1. 1450-1630 / edited by Bob Scribner -- v. 2. 1630-1800 / edited by Sheilagh Ogilvie -- v. 3. Since 1800 / edited by Sheilagh Ogilvie and Richard Overy

Includes bibliographical notes, general indexes, and indexes of modern authors

V. 3, pbk.: Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, New York

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : hbk ISBN 9780340513323

Description

This is one of three volumes which together provide a full social and economic history of Germany. The history's extensive chronological range enables it to cover long-term structural developments in demography, agriculture and consumption, for instance, while examining their interaction with the social formations of the medieval and early modern periods up to the eve of industrialization. Each volume has a strong period focus; the first volume concentrates on the late-medieval "crisis of feudalism" and the age of the Reformation, with its themes of early capitalism, religious and social upheaval, and growing secular control of the church. In all the volumes, where possible, German developments are considered in the wider context of European developments.

Table of Contents

  • Economic landscapes
  • the population of late medieval and early modern Germany
  • the agrarian economy 1300-1600
  • consumption and demand
  • the urban network of early modern Germany
  • markets and marketing, town and country
  • the nature of early capitalism
  • gender and the world of work
  • German social structure 1300-1600
  • the social and economic role of institutions
  • communities and the nature of power
  • daily life in late medieval and early modern Germany
  • confessionalism and society.
Volume

v. 2 : hbk ISBN 9780340513958

Description

This is one of three volumes which together provide a full social and economic history of Germany, from the Middle ages to the present. The second volume concentrates on the dislocation caused by economic downturn and the Thirty Years' War, in the first half of the 17th century, the gradual recovery up to 1800, and the long-term structural legacy of the 17th-century crisis. Characteristic features of Germany in this period are: the growth of bureaucratic absolutist states; the comparatively slow development of agriculture, industry and trade; the long survival of a corporate organization of society, despite the emergence of the "middle-classes" and the long-term poor; and the importance of religious confessionalism and moral and social regulation.

Table of Contents

  • Social and economic landscapes
  • population change and the economy
  • agriculture and agrarian society
  • trade
  • social structure
  • learned men and merchants - the growth of the Burgertu
  • the growth of the modern state
  • war, economy and society
  • the beginnings of industrialization
  • confessions as a social and economic factor
  • daily life, consumption and material culture
  • poverty and poor relief.
Volume

v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9780340652145

Description

The third volume of this three-volume history focuses on Germany's late but explosive economic transformation after 1800, the cycles of war, defeat, and dictatorship from 1914 to 1950, and the 'German miracle' after 1950. The picture is one of rapid change, but within a framework of recognizable long-term continuities. This book shows vividly how Germany participated in the rapid transformation, since 1800, of all western societies and economies while retaining distinctive features that had long characterized this central region of Europe. With original contributions from an international team of scholars, this volume represents some of the best work in the field.

Table of Contents

  • The regional dimension - economic geography, economic development and national integration in the 19th and 20th centuries
  • population and the economy in Germany, 1800-1900
  • land, peasant and lord in German agriculture since 1800
  • government and the economy in the nineteenth century
  • finance and industry
  • urbanization and social transformation 1800-1914
  • social policy and social welfare in Germany from the mid-19th century to the present
  • economy and state in Germany from the mid-19th century to the present
  • social structure in the 20th century
  • science, technology and society in Germany from 1800 to the present
  • women and the family
  • anthropometrics, consumption and leisure - the standard of living.
Volume

v. 3 : hbk ISBN 9780340652152

Description

This three-volume history represents the first modern attempt to understand social and economic change in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present. Despite a distinguished tradition of scholarship, it has taken a considerable time for new historical and interdisciplinary approaches to German economies, societies, and cultures to take root. This series shows the fruitfulness of applying such approaches across a broad spectrum of major topics. With original contributions from an international team of scholars, the volumes represent some of the best work in the field. The third volume focuses on Germany's late but explosive economic transformation after 1800, the cycles of war, defeat, and dictatorship from 1914 to 1950, and the 'German miracle' after 1950. The picture is one of rapid change, but within a framework of recognizable long-term continuities. Agricultural and industrial productivity increased, living-standards rose, and people flocked into cities. Fertility and mortality fell, migration flows were reversed, and women began to enjoy greater opportunities. Yet at the same time, long-term tensions endured between regional diversity and political unification, between welfare provision and social exclusion, between tradition and technology and between rural allegiances and urban diversity. This book shows vividly how Germany participated in the rapid transformation, since 1800, of all western societies and economies while retaining distinctive features that had long characterized this central region of Europe.

Table of Contents

  • The regional dimension - economic geography, economic development and national integration in the 19th and 20th centuries
  • population and the economy in Germany, 1800-1900
  • land, peasant and lord in German agriculture since 1800
  • government and the economy in the nineteenth century
  • finance and industry
  • urbanization and social transformation 1800-1914
  • social policy and social welfare in Germany from the mid-19th century to the present
  • economy and state in Germany from the mid-19th century to the present
  • social structure in the 20th century
  • science, technology and society in Germany from 1800 to the present
  • women and the family
  • anthropometrics, consumption and leisure - the standard of living.
Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780340652169

Description

This is one of three volumes which together provide a full social and economic history of Germany, from the Middle ages to the present. The second volume concentrates on the dislocation caused by economic downturn and the Thirty Years' War, in the first half of the 17th century, the gradual recovery up to 1800, and the long-term structural legacy of the 17th-century crisis. Characteristic features of Germany in this period are: the growth of bureaucratic absolutist states; the comparatively slow development of agriculture, industry and trade; the long survival of a corporate organization of society, despite the emergence of the "middle-classes" and the long-term poor; and the importance of religious confessionalism and moral and social regulation.

Table of Contents

  • Social and economic landscapes
  • population change and the economy
  • agriculture and agrarian society
  • trade
  • social structure
  • learned men and merchants - the growth of the Burgertu
  • the growth of the modern state
  • war, economy and society
  • the beginnings of industrialization
  • confessions as a social and economic factor
  • daily life, consumption and material culture
  • poverty and poor relief.
Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9780340652176

Description

Promoting an understanding of social and economic change in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present, this is the first volume in a set of three. It examines the roots of later developments, as far back as 1300, exploring basic economic frameworks in population and agrarian development, looking at the development of towns and town-country relations, changes in social structure and changes in patterns of consumption and daily life. Characteristic features of the 16th century were early capitalism, changes in the gendered nature of work, the social and economic role of institutions, the importance of communalism, and religious change which led to modern confessionalism. This text summarizes recent research, and provides fresh thematic approaches to Germany history based on the contributions of specialists in the field. It also makes accessible in English, in some cases for the first time, the work of leading German historians.

Table of Contents

  • Economic landscapes
  • the population of late medieval and early modern Germany
  • the agrarian economy 1300-1600
  • consumption and demand
  • the urban network of early modern Germany
  • markets and marketing, town and country
  • the nature of early capitalism
  • gender and the world of work
  • German social structure 1300-1600
  • the social and economic role of institutions
  • communities and the nature of power
  • daily life in late medieval and early modern Germany
  • confessionalism and society.

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