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The Laboratory of Progress
- Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Laboratory of Progress af Joseph Jung, 9781032152264
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
286
ISBN-13:
9781032152264
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1032152265
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
27 maj 2024
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2
Oplagsdato:
27 maj 2024
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The Laboratory of Progress

- Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1
Engelsk
Paperback 2024
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The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the 19th Century tells the improbable story of how a small, backward, mountainous agricultural country with almost no raw materials became an industrial powerhouse, a hub of innovation, a touristic mecca and a pioneer in transportation – all in the course of a single century.

That a tiny landlocked country should become a dominant steamship builder for the rest of the world; that a country that had never seen a cotton plant should become the world’s second-largest textile producer; that a country with hardly any level terrain should come to boast the world’s most highly developed railway network; and that a country whose main export was impoverished emigrants should be transformed into one of the world’s major financial centres – these astonishing developments, among many others, are explored and explained, both through the specific stories of individual innovators and through a prescient analysis of the political, economic, societal and cultural structures that formed the context in which Switzerland’s astonishing transformation took place.

The book is a compelling read both for professional historians and for general readers with an interest in Switzerland; it highlights the roles of transport networks and individual pioneers in industrial and political development.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
286
ISBN-13:
9781032152264
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1032152265
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
27 maj 2024
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2
Oplagsdato:
27 maj 2024
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