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The Spread of Modern Industry to the Periphery since 1871

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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 Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2017
Subjects:
General & world history
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
Economic history
Industrialisation & industrial history
manufacturing, technological transfer, globalization, economic policy, catching up, convergence, poor periphery, economic history
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