HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2013 Lecture Two: Industry and Society
Germany Under the “Twin Revolutions” French Revolution Industrial Revolution Demographic Revolution Agricultural Revolution
West vs. East-Elbian Germany Latifundia Agriculture in the East Junkers and Serfdom Small Peasant Agriculture in the West Peasant Emancipation (Bauernbefreiung) – Wurttemberg 1817 – Hesse-Darmstadt, Mecklenburg 1820 – Hesse-Kassel, Hannover, Sachsen-Altenburg 1831 Potatoes
Population Growth and Urbanization “Home Towns” and Guild System Emergence of Cities Berlin 172,000 to 419,000 Munich 40,000 to 107,000 Cologne 50,000 to 97,000 Stuttgart 18,000 to 47,000 Krefeld 8,000 to 47,000 Urban Problems -- Cholera
Industry and the Industrial Revolution Proto-industrialization and the Putting-out System The Ruhr Industries Nurnberg-Furth Railroad 1835 Germany in Comparison to the Rest of Europe
Population Growth Causes of Demographic Change: Mortality, Fertility, Nuptiality Family Structures and Inheritance Local Population Pressures Emigration