Capitalism, Politics and Railroads in Prussia, 1830-1870

Historical Perspectives on Business Enterprise

by James M. Brophy

This work examines the politics of moneymaking in the railroad industry and the relationship of railroad entrepreneurs with the conservative Prussian state during the industry's critical phase of growth and consolidation. James M. Brophy explores the pivotal role the business politics of the railroad industry played in industrialization, state building, and bourgeois political culture.

273 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1998

About the author

James Brophy is the Francis H. Squire Professor of History at the University of Delaware. A historian of modern Europe, his research focuses on the social, economic, and political history of nineteenth-century Germany.