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The Laboratory of Progress - Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
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The Laboratory of Progress - Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
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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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