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Zollverein
Zollverein German customs union formed (1834) by 18 German states under Prussian leadership. By reducing tariffs and improving transport, it promoted economic prosperity. Nearly all other German states joined the Zollverein by 1867, despite Austrian opposition. It represented the first major step towards the creation of the German Empire (1871).
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Britain and the German Zollverein, 1848-66.(Review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 12/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Davis, John R. Britain and the German Zollverein, 1848-66 New York: St. Martin...significance of Britain and the German Zollverein reach beyond a history of commercial...dominance. The German states of the Zollverein, including Prussia, were in the early...
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Managing Complexity: The Executive MBA at the Zollverein School
Magazine article from: Design Management Review; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the best market research studies. The Zollverein School of Management and Design was...speaking world, both this concept and the Zollverein School are still considered revolutionary...established only a few years ago, the Zollverein School has already become a think tank...
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Ruhr revival. (Zollverein XII coalmine complex in Essen, Germany)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 8/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...be as great a crime as pulling down the Euston Arch. Of all industrial monuments in the Ruhr, the most spectacular is the Zollverein XII coalmine which closed down in 1986 leaving an extraordinary landscape drawn from Metropolis, in which vast brooding edifices...
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"Arbeit essen angst": Kokerei Zollverein. (Essen).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...world defined by economic dependencies has become all the more visible. Up until the '90s, the building housing the Kokerei Zollverein was used to process coal. Then the factory closed, finally reopening last year as a venue for cultural activities. In addition...
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Travel: In search of... A beautiful coalmine in Germany In the rustbelt of the Ruhr, fantastic, abandoned structures have received a new lease of life as tourist attractions. It's scary stuff. Philip Sweeney reports
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 1/26/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...allegedly beautiful coal mine, then? Zeche Zollverein XII, a great red brick complex on the...four-wheeled pit-head tower with "Zollverein" in Gothic lettering is a regional...for a week's stay. A meal at Casino Zollverein is de rigueur. This is the old turbine...
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Industrielle Revolution in Deutschland: Regionen als Wachstumsmotoren [Industrial revolution in Germany: Regions as motors of growth]
Magazine article from: Business History Review; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...country, first through the tariff union (Zollverein) in 1834 and then through political...them systematically. Treatment of the Zollverein, for example, concentrates on legal...by other economic historians of the Zollverein's impact on internal trade are dismissed...
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THE SLOW ASCENT
Magazine article from: The Architects' Journal; 4/24/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...escalators in the world. Located at Zollverein, the former colliery-turned-UNESCO...bright chartreuse' escalators; at Zollverein, they are merely bright orange. But...consumption by 56 per cent. The escalators at Zollverein in Essen are self-starting, and are...
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The unpredictable dynamo: Germany's economy, 1870-1918: F.G. Stapleton examines the momentous social and political consequences of Germany's spectacular economic growth. (Talking Points).
Magazine article from: History Review; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...But no one denies that the impact of the Prussian dominated Zollverein from its inception in 1834 was, to the 18 states who had...over the newly merged states. An Industrial Colossus If the Zollverein had shed a glimmer of light upon the economic potentiality...
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The RUHRtriennale-Germany 2002
Magazine article from: Western European Stages; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...The Festival opened in a hall on the site of UNESCO's youngest World Cultural Heritage site, the Zollverein Pit XII site in Essen. Zollverein is a gigantic old cold mine built in a Bauhaus style in 1932 and which closed in 1991. The first...
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Second Skin.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Textile; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Entry 2006--Zollverein, Essen, Germany The Zollverein colliery in Essen, a monumental industrial plant designed on Bauhaus principles by Schupp and Kremmer in 1932, was the context for the exhibition Second Skin organized by Cooper-Hewitt...
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Zollverein
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Zollverein [Ger.,=customs union], in German history, a customs...Prussia abolished internal customs and formed a North German Zollverein, which in 1834 became the German Zollverein after merging with two similar unions, the South German...
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zollverein
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
zollverein union of states of the German Empire for the maintenance of uniform custom dues. XIX. — G., f. zoll tax, TOLL1 + verein union.
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reciprocal trade agreement
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cent., England relaxed its Navigation Acts in return for similar action by other nations. In the 19th cent. the German Zollverein was based on reciprocity, and the system of reciprocity fostered by Napoleon III worked strongly in favor of free trade...
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North German Confederation
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of Hesse, though excluded from the confederation, were nevertheless closely bound to it through their membership in the Zollverein . Prepared in broad outline by Otto von Bismarck , the constitution of the confederation, when adopted by the members, provided...
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William I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...anti-French forces (1814-15). As king, William granted a constitution in 1819, strove to protect the rights of the smaller German states against both Austria and Prussia, and promoted the Zollverein , the German customs union.
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