Output details
30 - History
University of Manchester
Article title
Das friderizianische Preußen (1740-1786) - eine moderne Ökonomie?
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
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Title of journal
Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Article number
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Volume number
98
Issue number
2
First page of article
143
ISSN of journal
0340-8728
Year of publication
2011
URL
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Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
Yes
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
The paper reviews the development of Prussia under Frederick II ‘the Great’ (1713/42-86) in the light of current debates on what and whether there were ‘modern economies’ in the pre-modern age, what was ‘modern’ economic performance in the pre-industrial period, and whether Prussia under Frederick the Great witnessed any dynamic trajectories and developments that deserve to be called ‘modern’. It concludes that – contrary to some earlier accounts – there was not much to be found in eighteenth-century Prussian economic and social life that deserves to be called ‘modern’, and that a more pessimistic outlook on Prussian economic development is still warranted.
