The Rhine: A Transnational Economic History

apl. Prof. Dr. Ralf Banken; Prof. Dr. Ben Wubs

doi:10.5771/9783845284736

Summary

The transnational focus of this anthology on the cross-border flow of goods, capital, people and the institutions involved in the Rhine economy adds new insights to existing knowledge of national and local histories. Both the history of the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) and contributions on environmental issues show that the manifold problems of the riparian Rhine states could, and can, only be solved through international and transnational collaboration. As an early example of transnational collaboration, the CCNR is one of the institutional explanations for the long-term successful economic development of the region. On the other hand, private industry, multinational companies and entrepreneurs played a major role in both the development of the economy along the Rhine and the transnational interdependencies of its core regions. Despite wars and the nationalistic economic policies of governments, these private agents created a long-lasting cross-border economic region.

With contributions by:

Ralf Banken, Antoine Beyer, Marten Boon, Nil Disco, Jeroen Euwe, Hendrik Fischer, Boris Gehlen, Mark Jakob, Hein Klemann, Christopher Kobrak, Theo Notteboom, Uwe Lübken, Laura Rischbieter, Eva-Maria Roelevink, Ben Wubs, Dieter Ziegler

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2017
Copyright Year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-4204-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-8473-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des modernen Europa. Economic and Social History of Modern Europe
Volume: 4
Language: English
Pages: 383
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 10
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  1. 1.The River Rhine No access
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  2. 2.The Rhine region No access
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  3. 3.A transnational and long-term project No access
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  4. 4.The book’s contributions No access
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  1. 1. Introduction No access
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  2. 2. Rhine shipping before 1815 No access
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  3. 3. The long way to Mainz (1815-1831) No access
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  4. 4. Steam power and railways, 1831-1866 No access
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  5. 5. Canalization No access
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  6. 6. Prussian power politics, 1866-1871 No access
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  7. 7. Conclusion No access
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  2. 2. The emergence of the Ruhr coal trade in the Upper Rhine Valley up to 1850 No access
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  3. 3. The dominance of Saar coal in the Upper Rhine Valley, 1850-1890 No access
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  4. 4. The Ruhr recaptures the coal markets of the Upper Rhine Valley, 1890-1914 No access
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  5. 5. Conclusion No access
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  2. 2. Van den Bergh, Jurgens, Schicht and Unilever’s Margarine-Verkaufs-Union No access
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  3. 3. Royal Dutch Rhenania-Ossag No access
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  4. 4. AKU’s Glanzstoff No access
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  5. 5. Deutsche Philips No access
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  6. 6. Conclusion No access
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  2. 2. Excluding ‘unhealthy competition from the coal market’, 1893-1914 No access
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  3. 3. In the interest of war: intervention in the coal industry, 1914-1918 No access
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  4. 4. ‘Nationalization’ and the ‘cooperative economy’: the first coal statute No access
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  5. 5. From coal surplus to coal scarcity in the arms economy and under the autarky policy in the Third Reich No access
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  6. 6. Conclusion No access
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    1. 2.1 Coffee No access
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    2. 2.2 Tobacco No access
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  2. 3. Conclusion No access
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  1. 1. Introduction No access
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  2. 2. German and Rhenish lignite: competition of areas and products No access
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    1. 3.1 Geology and geography No access
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    2. 3.2 Property rights and business strategies No access
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    3. 3.3 Cooperation and cartelization No access
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  4. 4. Lignite’s (trans-)nationality and the Rhine No access
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  5. 5. Conclusion No access
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  2. 2. Pipelines and tankers No access
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    1. 3.1 The German pipeline consortium: a national perspective No access
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    2. 3.2 The trans-European pipeline: a transnational perspective No access
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  4. 4. Conclusion No access
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  2. 2. Rhine finance in history before 1950 No access
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  3. 3. First steps after WWII No access
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  4. 4. Strategic alliances and the birth of continental offshore and European banking No access
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  5. 5. Conclusion No access
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  1. 1. River front urbanization as a post-industrial policy. No access
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    1. 2.1. NRW report (2008) No access
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    2. 2.2 The second Planco report for the Ministry of Transportation (2013) No access
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  3. 3. Different shades of grey No access
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  4. 4. Current legal procedures and increasing the ability of the Länder to play a key role in arbitration and mediation for inland port issues. No access
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  5. 5. Developing a typology of the changing Rhine ports in an urban perspective No access
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  6. 6. Conclusion No access
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  2. 2. Data and methodology No access
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  3. 3. The German Rhine economy prior to WWI No access
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  4. 4. The importance of the Rhine economy to Germany prior to the war No access
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  5. 5. The post-war recovery of the German Rhine economy No access
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  6. 6. Changes in the structure of the German Rhine economy No access
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  7. 7. The international Rhine economy No access
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  8. 8. Conclusion No access
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  1. 1. Introduction: profile of the Rhine basin and the Rhine-Scheldt delta No access
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  2. 2. Conceptual notes on barge networks and gateway ports No access
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    1. 3.1 The pioneering years: container barge transport as an oddity No access
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    2. 3.2 The first expansion wave: focus on the Middle and Upper Rhine No access
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    3. 3.3 The second expansion wave: strong downstream development and organizational dynamics No access
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    4. 3.4 The new millennium: Is the Rhine basin reaching a maturity phase? No access
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    1. 4.1 Improved synchronization in the logistics system No access
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    2. 4.2 Market consolidation and vertical integration No access
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    3. 4.3 An increased focus on the logistics function of inland terminals No access
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  5. 5. Concluding remarks: towards a transnational logistics strategy No access
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  1. 1. River histories No access
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  2. 2. Transformations of the Rhine hydrology No access
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  3. 3. The return of the suppressed: flooding No access
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  4. 4. Nature consumption – nature protection No access
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  5. 5. More room for the river No access
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  2. 2. The Rhine Action Plan No access
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  3. 3. The Dutch, salt and the ICPR No access
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    1. 4.1 Switzerland No access
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    2. 4.2 France No access
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    3. 4.3 Germany No access
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  5. 5. Rheinland-Pfalz and BASF No access
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  6. 6. Sandoz and thereafter. The power of positive thinking No access
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