The process of urbanization in Germany at the height of the industrialization period
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10076486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wolfgang Köllmann (0000-0002-5954-6695, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 59-76 |
| Publication date | 1969-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200946900400304 |
| OpenAlex | W2141292623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The process of accelerated urbanization apparent in Germany from the mid-nineteenth century was a phenomenon which accompanied and had its origin in industrialization. Admittedly, in the eighteenth century certain areas had shown a quite considerable growth in urban population due almost entirely in particular cases to the growth of industry in the age of mercantilism.1 But this earlier increase in urban population remained under the jurisdiction of the 'town' government, still largely medieval in character, which underpinned the social position of the burghers in the narrower sense and that of privileged citizens and protected aliens, and which, thanks to the relatively high financial and social status needed to acquire 'citizenship' and to the rigidity of the guild constitution, to which only those granted special exemption were not subject, impeded progress rather than furthered it; so that the more significant phenomenon of this period was the emergence of industry in rural areas (e.g. Silesia, Saxony, Berg and Mark) which reached the first stages of development into urban-artisan structures.2 In any case this growth created both conditions of residence and the impulse for 'new' urban development. It was with the developments set in motion by the abolition of the older municipal constitutions beginning with the reforms of the early nineteenth century under the direct or indirect influence of the French Revolution and the economic doctrines of classical
Constitution · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · Industrialisation · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Population · Sociology · Urbanization · Demography · European history and politics · History · Law · Urbanization and City Planning
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2013 (42) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |