The rise of historical economics and social reform in Germany, 1864-1894 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Erik Grimmer-Solem.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 338 pages ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Oxford historical monographs
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-322) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. What was the Historical School? A Critical Reassessment -- 2. The Mode of Production -- 3. The Social Question and the Challenge to Economic Orthodoxy -- 4. Empirical Knowledge and the Reform of Society, 1864-1872 -- 5. The New Economics and the Public, 1872-1880 -- 6. Historical Economics and Policy, 1880-1894 -- 7. From Science of Reform to the Reform of Social Science: The Methodenstreit.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Social science and social reform flourished in Imperial Germany, and the historical economist Gustav Schmoller made fundamental contributions to both. Despite this, historians have neglected him. Questioning the term 'German Historical School' associated with Schmoller, Grimmer-Solem reveals the European context of Schmoller's thought and the influence of empiricism, statistics, and advances in the natural sciences on his choice of methods. By exploring the social context in detail, he demonstrates how the nexus of young scholars around Schmoller fundamentally transformed German economics into a tool of social reform which was directly relevant to the many 'social questions' raised by rapid industrialization and urbanization in Germany in the 1860s." "Grimmer-Solem makes a unique and much-needed contribution to our understanding of the thought and milieu of Gustav Schmoller, the origins of social reform, and the development of the social sciences in Germany. The resulting volume addresses central questions in the historiography of the German Empire, of relevance to German, European, social, and intellectual historians."--Jacket.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Schmoller, Gustav von,1838-1917.
Schmoller, Gustav von,1838-1917.
Schmoller, Gustav von, 1838-1917
Schmoller, Gustav von,(1838-1917)
Schmoller, Gustav von,1838-1917
Schmoller, Gustav von.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften