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41.   Otto Glagau, The Stock Market and Founding-Era Swindle in Berlin (1876)
Otto Glagau (1834-1892) was an antisemitic journalist and author who held liberalism and the Jews responsible for the onset of the “Great Depression” of 1873-1896. He also blamed them for the decline....
42.   Franz Hitze, The Quintessence of the Social Question (1880)
A number of Catholic thinkers also focused on the social question. This excerpt is from The Quintessence of the Social Question (1880), written by the Catholic theologian and social reformer....
43.   Broadside against the Construction of a Chemical Factory in the Ruhr Industrial Basin (c. 1874)
In the nineteenth century, Germany’s chemical industry caused massive health problems for workers and those living near chemical factories. Sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrochloric acid were....
44.   Yearly Sums Paid to Those Claiming Damages from Air Pollution near Freiberg in Saxony (1855-67)
The Ore Mountains [Erzgebirge] ran along the border between the Kingdom of Saxony, in Germany, and the Bohemian territories of the Habsburg Empire. Silver mining in and around the city of....
45.   Alfred Krupp on the Charm of Belching Smokestacks (January 12, 1867)
The Krupp enterprise was founded by Friedrich Krupp (1787-1826), whose eldest son Alfred (1812-1887) took over sole proprietorship in 1848. Krupp’s principal products were machinery and machine components....
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