The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1

by Joseph Jung

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032152249
• ISBN13: 9781032152240
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"