Características socioeconômicas pré-industriais e a eclosão do processo de industrialização na Alemanha

Abstract

This article seeks to identify means of rapid change and development for which Germany has passed. It must be said that there were a number of favorable factors for the process of industrialization was initiated, such as resource potential and underutilized labor looking for entrepreneurs willing to invest their capital, and the influence of English industrialization process, while Germany led to new products, creating markets for the products of this country and incited interest in using new technologies. In addition, another key aspect of German industrialization was the practice of protectionism. While large parts of the industrialized countries followed the liberalizing logic in relation to international trade, Germany followed the opposite path, protecting their industry from international competition and limiting access to technologies developed. It is clear, therefore, that there were many propulsion for the German industrial development, among them forces: a consolidated banking and commercial base, an industrial tradition, natural resources largely favoring the improvement of existing technologies, and finally a population very receptive on this new industrial “wave” as well as a dynamic nationalism seeking expression.