Germany Society 28.11.22
- Created by: mollycha
- Created on: 28-11-22 09:14
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- Germany: Society 1871-1918
- 1871-1918
- population grew by 60% from unification to 1914 =68 mil people
- 1885-1913 real wages rose by over 30% =especially in Prussia
- mortality fell due to better hygiene =longer lives by10 years from 1870s-1900s
- 80% were below 45yrs =dynamic society
- urban society
- rapid urbanisatio =by 1910 2/3 of Gs lived in towns
- 1/3 of G pop. fell on or below poverty line
- serious lack of urban housing= homelessness
- 1/3 of G pop. fell on or below poverty line
- 1907= Berlin had over 2 mil people
- large influx of immigrants: Poles, Italians, Dutch
- non agricultural worker had 9.5hr work day and conditions very poor
- state socialism and Caprivi;s new course gave some benefits
- rapid urbanisatio =by 1910 2/3 of Gs lived in towns
- rural society
- 100hr weeks for low wages in agriculture so city was attractive
- families exploited child labour as labour shortage
- medically disadv. = rural children more likely to die by 1
- 1907-= over 7 mil agri. workers
- agricultural prices increased so workers better dressed and housed
- 1871-1918
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