The Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery since 1871

Ever since the Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, industrialization has been the key to modern economic growth. The fact that modern industry originated in Britain, and spread initially to northwestern Europe and North America, implied a dramatic divergence...

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Other Authors:	O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj (Editor), Williamson, Jeffrey Gale (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford University Press 2017
Subjects:	manufacturing, technological transfer, globalization, economic policy, catching up, convergence, poor periphery, economic history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTK Industrialisation and industrial history
Online Access:	Open access – download the full text (archived at NCDS Library)
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