Migration and inequality in Germany, 1870 - 1913

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"Migration and Inequality in Germany 1870-1913 presents a new view of German history in the late nineteenth century. Dr. Grant argues that many of the problems of Imperial Germany were temporary ones produced by the strain of rapid industrialisation. Drawing on the tools of development economics he argues that Germany passed through a labour surplus phase as described by the Lewis Model. This period came to an end around 1900, creating more favourable conditions for political reform and social reconciliation. But Germany's progress to full political and economic maturity was derailed at the outbreak of war in 1914"--Jacket