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Ludwig Bamberger (22 July 1823 – 14 March 1899) was a German Jewish economist, politician, revolutionary and writer. Early life. Bamberger was born into the wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish Bamberger family in Mainz. After studying at Giessen, Heidelberg, and Göttingen, he became a lawyer. Career.
From 1881 on, Bamberger’s response to it took three directions: to try to organize a great liberal party, a task in which he never seemed to have much faith; to defend the achievements of the 1870.s against state intervention and regulation; and to act as a critic of German society.
- Stanley Zucker
In 1880 Bamberger left the National Liberal Party and helped to found the splinter party called the Sezession. For some years afterward he was the trusted adviser of the crown princess Victoria (wife of the future German emperor Frederick III ).
After the fusion of the secessional faction with the German Liberal party in 1884, Bamberger became identified with the latter, and bitterly opposed Bismarck's administration, especially at the time when the government recklessly plunged into a colonial policy.
Papers of Ludwig Bamberger, economist and politician, [1865-1900], comprise correspondence, and a pamphlet biography of Bamberger by Otto Hartwig.
Sep 16, 2019 · Ludwig Bamberger : German liberal politician and social critic, 1823-1899 : Zucker, Stanley, 1936-1988 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Bamberger was a clear and attractive writer and was a frequent contributor on political and economic questions to the Nation and other periodicals. His most important works are those on the currency, on the French war-indemnity, his criticism of socialism and his apology for the Secession.
