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Regional distribution of German labor unions in the period of the German Royal Empire between 1896 and 1918.

GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8488 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10419
Abstract: “The labor union mobilization of workforce which began again in the 1880s, still under the coalition hostile environment of the Socialist Law, did not take place in a continuous growth process in which various professional groups and regions in Germany participated equally… Size and location of factories, the degree of industrialization of a regions and the legal constitution had a significant impact on the opportunities for expansion of labor union federations… In general it can be stated that the main mass of the free trade union members concentrated in medium and large cities. In major ur ... more
Topics: HISTORY

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 1896 - 1918
Geographic coverage: German Reich (1871-1945) (DXDE)
Number of Units: 22 Zeitpunkte
Mode of Data Collection: Quellen: (1) Zeitgenössische Erhebungen: - Walter Troeltsch, Paul Hirschfeld, Die deutschen sozialdemokratischen Gewerkschaften. Untersuchungen und Materialien über ihre geographische Verbreitung 1896-1903 (Berlin 1905); - Paul Hirschfeld, Die Freien Gewerkschaften in Deutschland. Ihre Verbreitung und Entwicklung 1896-1906 (Jena 1908). (2) Verö ... more
Analysis System(s): Excel
Number of Variables: 264 Zeitreihen

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Schönhoven, Klaus -
Publication year: 2011
DOI: 10.4232/1.10419
Study number: ZA8488
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2011-05-12, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10419
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Reference publications

Publications: Schönhoven, Klaus, 1990: Die regionale Ausbreitung der deutschen Gewerkschaften im Kaiserreich 1890 – 1918, in: Ritter, G. A. (Hrsg.), 1990: Der Aufstieg der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung. München: Oldenbourg, S. 345 – 378.
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Schönhoven, Klaus (2011). Regional distribution of German labor unions in the period of the German Royal Empire between 1896 and 1918.. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA8488 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10419.

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