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Migration and Inequality in Germany 1870-1913 (Hardcover)
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Migration and Inequality in Germany 1870-1913 (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
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Migration and Inequality in Germany 1870-1913 presents a new view
of German history in the late nineteenth century. Dr Grant argues
that many of the problems of Imperial Germany were temporary ones
produced by the strain of rapid industrialisation. Drawing on the
tools of development economics he argues that Germany passed
through a labour surplus phase as desribed by the Lewis Model. This
period came to an end around 1900, creating more favourable
conditions for political reform and social reconciliation. But
Germany's progress to full political and economic maturity was
derailed at the outbreak of war in 1914. Dr Grant bases his
argument on an analysis of the economic and demographic forces
driving migration in nineteenth-century Germany. High rural-urban
migration led to the rapid expansion of German cities. The main
factors driving this were social and economic change in the
countryside and the process of the demographic transition. The
release of surplus labour onto urban labour markets held back wage
increases and led to an increase in inequality. The German economy
behaved in a way which seemed to bear out the predictions of Karl
Marx and this contributed to the appeal of Marxist ideas and the
rise of the social democratic vote. However, this was a temporary
phase. The labour surplus period was largely over by 1900. The rise
in inequality which had begun in the 1820s came to an end, and
inequality began to fall. Contrary to received wisdom, Germany was
not on the brink of a general socio-economic crisis in 1914;
instead it was moving away from one. However, the political system
failed to take advantage of this opportunity, and Germany's
dependence on imported food and raw materials led to a strategic
crisis which combined disastrously with internal political
problems.
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