Coal and Blood: Industrialization and the Rise of Nationalism in Prussia before 1914
Felix Kersting
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Felix Kersting: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
No 52, Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series from CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition
Abstract:
Industrialization and the rise of nationalism were the two major developments in Germany before the World War I. A novel county-level dataset reveals that industrialization and nationalism measured by membership in the \"Kriegervereine\'\", the biggest civil organization at the time, were negatively correlated. Using coal potential as an IV for identification, I find strong evidence for a causal impact of industrialization on nationalism. In order to detect possible mechanisms, a three stage IV regression model produces strong support that migration and trade union membership were crucial factors that linked industrialization and nationalism.
Keywords: nationalism; industrialization; prussia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N13 N33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-11-02
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