From: The Historian | Date: January 1, 1996| Author: Vascik, George S. | COPYRIGHT 1996 Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

All historians of nineteenth-century Germany, particularly those interested in political economy and in economic history, are familiar with W. O. Henderson's work. Henderson's books include The Zollverein and The Rise of German Industrial Power. He has written a two-volume Life of Friederick Engels and a biography of the economist Friedrich List. A monograph on Germany's colonial empire would seem a natural extension of his work. Unfortunately, the book was less rewarding than antici...