Selections from a Book

The selection covers the author's argument for railroad expansion in Germany in the 1830s and the benefits to be derived therefrom. List was a German political economist who favored protectionist measures and argued for economic nationalism.

Railroads will affect the economic structures of this German region tremendously, according to List. He writes that it will decrease prices, increase trade, increase goods available, increase travel which affects economics, increase and cheapen fuel, and generally open up the region economically to all other surrounding and distant areas.

This selection from List would fit into Chapter 22 in Kagan, in the section entitled "Railways" on page 763. Kagan agrees with the basics of List's argument--that Britain was developed in terms of railroads far more than Germany, and that the development of railroads in general bettered greatly the economic conditions of any region which experienced such development and expansion.

Kagan gives only the bare-bones overview of the significance of railroad development in Europe and does not focus on specific improvements to be derived, although he does consider travel and products in the most scanty way. List, on the other hand, explores in greater detail the conditions which prevail in one specific country, compares those conditions to much different circumstances in Britain, and argues specifically for the develo

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one might agree or disagree with their words, but the actual text of the Communist Manifesto (though in translation) leaps off the page with the fiery passion of the authors for their position and predictions. Entry 3: Adolf Hitler. from Mein Kampf. Selection from a book. Hitler, in jail for a failed insurrection, presents diverse thoughts in this piece on his vision of the future of Germany as it would develop if and when he and his Nazi party were to win control and leadership of the country. It is a Germany ruled by strict moral leadership, nationalism and racism, specifically hatred of Jews. The fundamental goals of education in the Nazi state are to combine intellectual and physical development. On the surface this sounds like a fine idea, but in fact, as history would prove, Hitler intended that the physical element of education would help support the massive war effort which would go into his desire to take over the world. The regimentation of the physical aspect of education translated smoothly into the war effort where conditioning and conformity were crucial. This selection would fit into chapter 28, page 1006, in Kagan. Kagan covers the conditions which prevailed in Germany after World war I, when Hitler was in priso
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