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The challenges of globalization : economy and politics in Germany, 1860-1914 /

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 describ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Torp, Cornelius
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Edición:English-language ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 375 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781782385035
1782385037