Cecil Albert Ballin

Business and Politics in Imperial Germany, 1888-1918
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7487-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 412 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

This study of Albert Ballin, a powerful member of the banking and commercial elite in Imperial Germany and manager of the Hamburg-American Line from 1899-1918, illuminates the political and social structure of the aristocracy and the upper middle class in the German Empire.

Originally published in 1967.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Cecil, Lamar

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Preface, pg. vii
Key to Abbreviations, pg. xiii
I. Hamburg and the HAPAG, 1880-1900, pg. 1
II. The World Is My Field: The West, pg. 27
III. The World Is My Field: The East, pg. 63
IV. Prussians and Politicians, pg. 98
V. A Place in the Sun, pg. 143
VI. Peace or War with England?, pg. 175
VII. The Phantom Fleet, pg. 214
VIII. A Voice in Berlin, pg. 248
IX. War with America, pg. 285
X. "An End with Dread", pg. 314
XI. Conclusion, pg. 348
Bibliographical Essay, pg. 357
Index, pg. 371