Railroad and german economic growth 1840-1879
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8277 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8277
Abstract: This study aims at an empirical verification of the historical importance of the German railways on the basis of new quantitative data with respect to the development of the transport system. In this process, older sources which had been widely neglected have been utilised and regrouped.
Within the scope of a leading sector analysis, this study focuses on the mechanism of a continuos industrialisation within the railway sector using the example of Germany. Thereby the theoretical conceptions concerning the economic growth constitute a suitable analytic frame to derive the systematic backgro ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1840 - 1879
Geographic coverage: Historical German lands (-1871) (DQDE) | German Reich (1871-1945) (DXDE)
Number of Units: 39 Zeitpunkte
Mode of Data Collection: Sources:
840-1849:
Statistical News about the Prussian Railways (“Statistische Nachrichten von den Preußischen Eisenbahnen”); re-edited by the Technical Railway Office of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Public Works (“Technisches Eisenbahn-Büreau des Ministeriums für Handel, Gewerbe und öffentliche Arbeiten”). Vol. 1., Berlin 1855.
Reden, F ... more Analysis System(s): Excel
Number of Variables: 176 Zeitreihen
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Fremdling, Rainer -
Publication year: 2008
DOI: 10.4232/1.8277
Study number: ZA8277
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.8277
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Fremdling, Rainer, 1985: Eisenbahnen und deutsches Wirtschaftswachstum 1840-1879. Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungstheorie und zur Theorie der Infrastruktur. 2. erw. A. Dortmund: Gesellschaft für Westfälische Wirtschaftsgeschichte e.V.
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