The political economy of social identity in 19th century Germany
这篇博士论文摘要总结了四个章节，分别研究1815年并入普鲁士的城市中民族建设的影响、俾斯麦政策对社会主义政党选举成功的作用、第一次全球化时期（1880-1913）来自美洲的“谷物入侵”对欧洲的冲击，以及重新审视马克斯·韦伯关于新教在经济发展中作用的假说。
Abstract This essay summarises my PhD thesis composed of four chapters, which deal with various aspects of social identity in 19th century Germany. The first chapter analyzes the effect of nation-building in cities that became part of Prussia in 1815. The second chapter investigates the effect of Bismarck’s carrot and stick policies on the electoral success of the socialist party. The third chapter studies the “China shock” of the first globalisation (1880–1913)—the “grain invasion”—coming from the Americas into Europe. The fourth chapter revisits Max Weber’s hypothesis on the role of Protestantism in economic development in its contemporary context.