In this major reexamination of the southern industrial economy and its failure to progress during the antebellum period, Fred Bateman and Thomas Weiss show that slavery and its consequences were not alone in inhibiting industrialization. They argue, rather, that the planters hesitated to invest in high-risk enterprises and worried that industrialization would undermine their authority. Underpinning this study is a massive data collection from census reports, which permits an economic analysis that was previously not feasible.

Argumentation is one of the cultural key techniques, required to take part in public discourse. This study examined if and how upper secondary school students are able to argue in writing regarding the subject creation and evolution. In cooperation with the Department of Biology Education (IPN Kiel and University of Potsdam) students arguments were levied empitically and identified with quality content analysis. As a result religious education consequences for a youth theology were formulated. Dieser Titel erscheint auch als Open-Access-Publikation. Nach dem Erscheinungstermin werden Sie hier...

This collection of twelve essays is based on the premise that a better understanding of the economic development process can be gained by studying the history of those countries that have experienced long-term economic success, in this case the United States during the 19th century.