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The Laboratory of Progress

其他書名	Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century
出版	Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024-05
主題	Business & Economics / Economic ConditionsBusiness & Economics / Economic HistoryHistory / Europe / WesternHistory / HistoriographyHistory / Modern / General
ISBN	10321522659781032152264
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lTYLzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"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"--