Who is zollverein

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This article is also available for rental through DeepDyve. View Metrics. Email alerts Article activity alert. Advance article alerts. New issue alert. Receive exclusive offers and updates from Oxford Academic. All rights reserved. See more Encyclopedia articles on: German History. Enter your search terms:. Friedrich List first popularized the idea of a combination to abolish the customs barriers that were inhibiting trade among the numerous states of the German Confederation. In , Prussia abolished internal customs and formed a North German Zollverein, which in became the German Zollverein after merging with two similar unions, the South German Zollverein and the Central German Trade Union, both founded in Customs barriers of member states were leveled, and a uniform tariff was instituted against non-members.

The customs at foreign frontiers were collected on joint account, and the proceeds were distributed in proportion to the population and resources of the member states. Authors Authors and affiliations Kathleen J. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves. This is a preview of subscription content, log in to check access.

Hirzel, Google Scholar. The first detailed discussion of the Zollverein was written by the Prussian nationalist Treitschke in the late s. Most authors writing about the Zollverein rely heavily on this original treatment, which is contained in seven lengthy volumes. Eden Paul and Cedar Paul, 7 vols. For the two principal, and highly detailed, English language accounts of the Zollverein, both of which rely on extensive primary sources, see W.

CrossRef Google Scholar. Erich Eyck, Bismarck and the German Empire , 3rd ed. Frank B. Frederick W. Prussia lost more territory after the — war; its population of 9. Treitschke, History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century , vol.