The ´Ruhrgebiet´ in the 19th and 20th century: Population development, Employees, Mining- and Ironworks industry
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8073 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8073
Abstract: Keywords; Search terms:
historical time series; historical statistics; histat / HISTAT .
Abstract:
Main topic of this Study is the population development of the Ruhr area from the beginning of the industrialisation process of the large scale industry in the 1840s up to the 1980s. The industrialisation process changed an area composed of various landscapes between the two rivers Ruhr and Lippe into a self-contained industrial area.
On the basis of demographical Data the processes of industrial expansion, development and alteration of the Ruhr area are shown.
The mining as economic and socia ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1845 - 1980
Geographic coverage: Historical German lands (-1871) (DQDE) | German Reich (1871-1945) (DXDE) | Germany (DE)
Universe: Industrial production sites of the Ruhr area in the 19th and 20th century.
Number of Units: 100 Zeitpunkte
Analysis System(s): Excel
Number of Variables: 224 Zeitreihen
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Steinberg, Heinz G. -
Publication year: 1996
DOI: 10.4232/1.8073
Study number: ZA8073
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8073
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Steinberg, Heinz Günter: Bevölkerungsentwicklung des Ruhrgebietes im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Düsseldorf: Selbstverlag des Geographischen Institutes der Universität Düsseldorf 1978. (Düsseldorfer Geographische Schriften; Bd. 11) | Steinberg, Heinz Günter: Das Ruhrgebiet im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert: Ein Verdichtungsraum im Wandel. Münster: Selbstverl ... more Study group: GESIS Community Data |
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