TY - CHAP
T1 - America in global context
T2 - German entrepreneurs around the world (1871-1918)
AU - Manz, Stefan
N1 - This project is sponsored by the Transatlantic Program of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany through funds of the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.
PY - 2014/1/2
Y1 - 2014/1/2
N2 - The United States was undoubtedly the most important, but by no means the only country of destination for German immigrant entrepreneurs. German industrialists, merchants, and other entrepreneurs could be found in virtually all world regions where international trade or local markets promised satisfactory returns. They were globally dispersed manifestations – and motors – of Germany’s expanding economy between unification in 1871 and the First World War.
AB - The United States was undoubtedly the most important, but by no means the only country of destination for German immigrant entrepreneurs. German industrialists, merchants, and other entrepreneurs could be found in virtually all world regions where international trade or local markets promised satisfactory returns. They were globally dispersed manifestations – and motors – of Germany’s expanding economy between unification in 1871 and the First World War.
M3 - Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
VL - Online
T3 - Immigrant entrepreneurship
BT - Immigrant entrepreneurship
PB - German Historical Institute
CY - Washington, DC (US)
ER -