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Transportation in Berlin (1905)
Industrialization created waves of urbanization, swelling cities with ever more people, who had to be accommodated by ever-larger networks of transportation, infrastructure, and public administration.....
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The Automobile (1913)
Automobile travel was pioneered in Wilhelmine Germany. The sophistication of German technology coupled with entrepreneurial....
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The "Atom" Vacuum Cleaner: Advertisement by the Firm L.F. Nissen (1906)
Consumerism became a prominent part of industrial Germany. This advertisement for the “Atom” vacuum cleaner illustrates both the promises of consumer devices and the rise of modern advertising. Like....
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Population Growth in Large Cities (1875-1910)
German cities experienced enormous growth during the Wilhelmine period. The population of Berlin, for example, doubled during this time. Likewise, many other cities doubled or even tripled in size.....
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Dwelling and Domesticity (1899)
The growth of the urban population led to acute housing shortages and the transformation of urban space. The demarcation of space along class lines continued, but the concentration of commercial....
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Rural Hygiene (1902)
This report on the insufficiency of hygiene in rural areas illustrates the role that the state, industry, and civil groups played in “educating” workers about the importance of cleanliness in fighting....
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Depopulation of the Countryside (1900)
The explosive growth of cities corresponded with the rapid depopulation of the countryside. The search for a higher standard of living in the city drew people away from the laborious life of the....
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How Metalworkers c. 1910 viewed their Work (1912)
These quotes from various metalworkers reveal the range of attitudes they held with regard to their work: from alienation to ambivalence and sometimes even pride. One also sees the influence of Marxist....
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Industrial Unrest (1890-1913)
With the expiration of the Anti-Socialist Law on September....
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Farm Labor in Schleswig-Holstein (1911)
This document testifies to the heterogeneous nature of labor in the countryside. It also shows the relationship between labor and management in the agrarian sector, where workers had only limited....
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