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Martin Lövinson Recalls Jewish Emancipation and Enthusiasm for the German Wars of Unification (early 1870s)
Dr. Martin Lövinson (1859-1930) was a judicial counselor [Justizrat] and the son of a well-to-do Danzig merchant, Siegfried Lövinson, who had founded a factory for carved-oak furniture in....
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Max Weber Reflects on Cooperation between the National Liberals and Bismarck during the 1860s and 1870s (May 1918)
Unified liberal hostility to Bismarck’s autocratic policies during the “constitutional conflict” of the early 1860s ended when the National Liberal Party was founded in 1867 as a means to overcome....
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Net Domestic Product by Economic Sector (1870-1913)
The table below shows how much of Germany’s net domestic product (NDP) – in millions of marks (at factor cost) – was generated by the country’s various economic sectors. We see that agriculture lost....
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Ottilie Baader, Seamstress and Home-Worker (1870s)
In nearly every sector of the German economy, the number of female employees grew during the late nineteenth century. In the textile and clothing industries, much of the work was done outside factory....
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Prussian Junkers as Farmers and Huntsmen (1870s-1880s)
In this passage from his autobiography From Right to Left (1937), the democratic and pacifist author Hellmuth von Gerlach (1866-1935) exposes the outmoded and authoritarian operation of large....
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Social Antagonism between Protestants and Catholics (1870s-1880s)
Eduard Hüsgen (1848-1912) was the co-founder and long-time chairman of the Augustinus Association for the Benefit of the Catholic Press [Augustinus-Verein zur Pflege der katholischen Presse].....
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The Economic and Social Significance of Gas Motors (1870s)
This passage points to the problems smaller businesses faced in obtaining the mechanical power necessary for manufacturing. The gas motor was an affordable alternative to the huge steam engines operated....
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The Struggle for Civilian or Military Control of the War against France (December 1870)
In the course of the Franco-German War (1870-1871), Otto von Bismarck insisted that grand strategy....
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Urbanization of Village Life near Lübeck after 1870
This account documents the rapid architectural and socioeconomic changes that took place in a small village near Lübeck in northern Germany during the period of German industrialization. It describes....
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Bismarck Remembers the Evening the Ems Dispatch was Edited (July 13, 1870)
In June 1870, the throne of Spain was offered to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1835-1905), a relative of King Wilhelm I of Prussia. Leopold accepted the candidacy, which was ultimately....
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