Typology of Industrialization Processes in the Nineteenth Century

Part 1 Britain and Western Europe: Great Britain - the pioneer Industrial Revolution - slow rate of growth, capital investment and war, structural transformation, causes, the international setting, social consequences; Belgium - the first industrializer on the continent - industrial change, policies and causes; Switzerland; France - an alternative type? - slow growth and a choice of models, structure and industrialization, the role of the state, France's role in the world. Part 2 Railways and competition - Germany and the USA: Germany, the model follower-on - growth and transformation, structural change, the railways as leading sector, banking and finance, the export economy, the role of the state; the USA - industrialization on a primary commodity base - the American model of industrialization, the transport revolution, agriculture and mining, economic growth, the role of the state. Part 3 The latecomers and prospects for the 20th century: Russia; Japan; into the 20th century.