Uwe Spiekermann
Biographic Data
| ID | 856210 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uwe Spiekermann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uwe |
| FAMILY NAME | Spiekermann |
| SIGNATURE | SPIEKERMANN U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Economic and Social History, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Shady business
White-collar crime is a daily topic in the news but by no means a new phenomenon. The article invites readers to explore the historical dimensions of these very specific offences. It discusses how to define white-collar crime and how to analyse it. It names six characteristics of white-collar crime, namely the preponderance of upper and middle-class delinquents, the motivation of financial gain, non-violence, systemic character, the breach of tru…
Cleaning San Francisco, cleaning the United States
This case study examines public debates on, and investigations of, corrupt city officials and bribe-giving businesspeople in the western metropolis of San Francisco during the era of progressivism. Law enforcement was not only difficult because of the lack of juridical evidence but also because large portions of the local business elites were benefiting from illicit structures. The prosecutions failed, but financier, banker and capitalist Rudolph…
The Rise of Marketing and Market Research
This volume serves up a combination of broad questions, theoretical approaches, and manifold case studies to explore how people have sought to understand markets and thereby reduce risk, whether they
Decoding Modern Consumer Societies
Redefining food
This article analyzes the interrelationship between expert systems and the creation of public trust in food production in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focusing on the roles of scientific knowledge and elites in academia, government, and business. The nutrient paradigm of the mid nineteenth century played a crucial part in this history, facilitating new practices of control and standardization based on measurable, empirical ‘…
The myth of a bygone cash economy
Cet article se propose d’interroger le mythe, né dans l’après-guerre, d’un âge passé de paiement comptant dans le commerce de détail allemand et montre que l’expansion du crédit à la consommation après la Seconde Guerre mondiale pourrait avoir été construite sur des traditions « indigènes » vigoureuses et substantielles d’achat à crédit. L’accent mis sur le paiement comptant n’a pas été seulement un phénomène relativement récent promu par les nou…
Twentieth-Century Product Innovations in the German Food Industry
Product innovation, a decisive factor in modern economies, is usually analyzed from one point of view–that of the producers. A more realistic approach to the subject would add at least four dimensions to a consideration of the topic: the perspective of consumers and the cultural context within which they form their views; the differences in how experts and consumers acquire knowledge about products; the increasing influence of retailers at the po…
From Neighbour to Consumer
Modern mass consumer societies are organized around two principal actors. On the one hand, the consumer is often seen as the unchallenged sovereign, deciding what will be bought. On the other hand, retailers and retailing have established themselves as a central branch of the economy, deciding what
The principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science
Objective To specify the principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science. Purpose To identify nutrition, with its application in food and nutrition policy, as a science with great width and breadth of vision and scope, in order that it can fully contribute to the preservation, maintenance, development and sustenance of life on Earth. Method A brief overview shows that current conventional nutrition is defined as a biological sc…
L'approvisionnement dans la Communauté du peuple. Approches du commerce "allemand" pendant la période nationale-socialiste
L'approvisionnement dans la Communauté du peuple
Au cours des années 1930 la consommation en Allemagne a été de plus en plus soumise à des influences idéologiques. Cette évolution ne résulte pas seulement des pressions et de la réglementation de l’État. Elle est aussi la conséquence d’une idéologie nazie spécifique du petit commerce allemand, étudiée dans la première partie de l’article. Le nouveau régime propage en effet le sens de l’ordre et d’une concurrence loyale et intense au travail, l’i…
Shady business
White-collar crime is a daily topic in the news but by no means a new phenomenon. The article invites readers to explore the historical dimensions of these very specific offences. It discusses how to define white-collar crime and how to analyse it. It names six characteristics of white-collar crime, namely the preponderance of upper and middle-class delinquents, the motivation of financial gain, non-violence, systemic character, the breach of tru…
Twentieth-Century Product Innovations in the German Food Industry
Product innovation, a decisive factor in modern economies, is usually analyzed from one point of view–that of the producers. A more realistic approach to the subject would add at least four dimensions to a consideration of the topic: the perspective of consumers and the cultural context within which they form their views; the differences in how experts and consumers acquire knowledge about products; the increasing influence of retailers at the po…
The myth of a bygone cash economy
Cet article se propose d’interroger le mythe, né dans l’après-guerre, d’un âge passé de paiement comptant dans le commerce de détail allemand et montre que l’expansion du crédit à la consommation après la Seconde Guerre mondiale pourrait avoir été construite sur des traditions « indigènes » vigoureuses et substantielles d’achat à crédit. L’accent mis sur le paiement comptant n’a pas été seulement un phénomène relativement récent promu par les nou…
L'approvisionnement dans la Communauté du peuple. Approches du commerce "allemand" pendant la période nationale-socialiste
L'approvisionnement dans la Communauté du peuple
Au cours des années 1930 la consommation en Allemagne a été de plus en plus soumise à des influences idéologiques. Cette évolution ne résulte pas seulement des pressions et de la réglementation de l’État. Elle est aussi la conséquence d’une idéologie nazie spécifique du petit commerce allemand, étudiée dans la première partie de l’article. Le nouveau régime propage en effet le sens de l’ordre et d’une concurrence loyale et intense au travail, l’i…
The principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science
Objective To specify the principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science. Purpose To identify nutrition, with its application in food and nutrition policy, as a science with great width and breadth of vision and scope, in order that it can fully contribute to the preservation, maintenance, development and sustenance of life on Earth. Method A brief overview shows that current conventional nutrition is defined as a biological sc…
From Neighbour to Consumer
Modern mass consumer societies are organized around two principal actors. On the one hand, the consumer is often seen as the unchallenged sovereign, deciding what will be bought. On the other hand, retailers and retailing have established themselves as a central branch of the economy, deciding what
Twentieth-Century Product Innovations in the German Food Industry
Product innovation, a decisive factor in modern economies, is usually analyzed from one point of view–that of the producers. A more realistic approach to the subject would add at least four dimensions to a consideration of the topic: the perspective of consumers and the cultural context within which they form their views; the differences in how experts and consumers acquire knowledge about products; the increasing influence of retailers at the po…
The myth of a bygone cash economy
Cet article se propose d’interroger le mythe, né dans l’après-guerre, d’un âge passé de paiement comptant dans le commerce de détail allemand et montre que l’expansion du crédit à la consommation après la Seconde Guerre mondiale pourrait avoir été construite sur des traditions « indigènes » vigoureuses et substantielles d’achat à crédit. L’accent mis sur le paiement comptant n’a pas été seulement un phénomène relativement récent promu par les nou…
Redefining food
This article analyzes the interrelationship between expert systems and the creation of public trust in food production in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focusing on the roles of scientific knowledge and elites in academia, government, and business. The nutrient paradigm of the mid nineteenth century played a crucial part in this history, facilitating new practices of control and standardization based on measurable, empirical ‘…
The Rise of Marketing and Market Research
This volume serves up a combination of broad questions, theoretical approaches, and manifold case studies to explore how people have sought to understand markets and thereby reduce risk, whether they
Decoding Modern Consumer Societies
Shady business
White-collar crime is a daily topic in the news but by no means a new phenomenon. The article invites readers to explore the historical dimensions of these very specific offences. It discusses how to define white-collar crime and how to analyse it. It names six characteristics of white-collar crime, namely the preponderance of upper and middle-class delinquents, the motivation of financial gain, non-violence, systemic character, the breach of tru…
Cleaning San Francisco, cleaning the United States
This case study examines public debates on, and investigations of, corrupt city officials and bribe-giving businesspeople in the western metropolis of San Francisco during the era of progressivism. Law enforcement was not only difficult because of the lack of juridical evidence but also because large portions of the local business elites were benefiting from illicit structures. The prosecutions failed, but financier, banker and capitalist Rudolph…
Political science (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · European history and politics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political and Social Issues (3 works)