Hermann von Schullern zu Schrattenhofen · 1902
Schullern’s review presents Ashley’s 1900 volume as a systematic gathering of economic-historical scholarship:
In diesem Gustav Schmoller gewidmeten Bande sind 45, meist schon bekannte Arbeiten des Verfassers, darunter viele Besprechungen systematisch gesammelt.
English translation: In this volume dedicated to Gustav Schmoller, 45 mostly already known works of the author, among them many reviews, have been systematically collected.
He maps its range from the study of economic history and Roscher’s programme through medieval agrarian and urban questions, economic thought, Anglo-American relations, contemporary industrial organization, biography, and academic affairs. This survey establishes the collection’s breadth before the review turns to selective judgments.
Schullern finds the discussions of settlement questions particularly interesting, but notes that the most important current controversies receive only incidental attention. He tentatively attributes this limitation to the articles’ dates and their character as reviews. His central methodological caution concerns comparison: discussions of France, England, India, and Japan encourage closer study, but should not license premature, overly detailed parallels. The collection’s comparative promise thus depends on further investigation of particular conditions.
He also singles out two assessments for attention:
Die ziemlich eingehende Würdigung von Hildebrand's: „Recht und Sitte“ sei hier besonders hervorgehoben, ebenso eine kurze Besprechung von Inama-Sternegg's: Deutsche Wirtschaftsgeschichte.
English translation: The fairly detailed appreciation of Hildebrand's "Recht und Sitte" may be particularly singled out here, as well as a short review of Inama-Sternegg's Deutsche Wirtschaftsgeschichte.
These recommendations identify useful points of entry without elaborating their arguments. The closing judgment credits the section on England and its American colonies with refuting several prevailing misconceptions. Overall, Schullern values Ashley’s collection as a stimulus to historical inquiry and a corrective to received views, while qualifying both its coverage of current disputes and the comparisons readers might draw from it.
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