The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 2

di Joseph Jung (Autore)

Ashley Curtis (Traduttore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024

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.

• Autore: Joseph Jung
• Traduttore: Ashley Curtis
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 300 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 600 gr.
• EAN: 9781032152288

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