Industrialization Economic Development

Local industries should build supply chain, clustering – economist
MANILA, Philippines — A top official of TM Kalaw Institute for Sustainable Development has urged local industries to cluster themselves and build the supply chain to develop the local market before venturing into the export business.


Early American Industry: The Triumph of America (1933)


Early American Industry: The Triumph of America (1933)


$9.99


“The Triumph of America” takes an energetic approach to the idea that America’s industry is limitless. Equipped with scenes of factories producing mass quantities of necessary tools and machinery, it details the industrial age. With the amazing 200,000 pound Fender Press and the six-cylinder motor, anything is possible. The Triumph of America glorifies technology with its advanced knowledge of the…

The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World


The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World


$14.06


The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity is desperate for a sustainable economic game plan to t…

The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy.


The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy.


$20.19


The Great Divergence brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advanced areas of Europe and East Asia? As Ken Pomeranz shows, as recently as 1750, parallels between these two parts of the world were very high in life expectancy, consumption, product and factor markets, and th…

Nations And Nationalism (New Perspectives on the Past)


Nations And Nationalism (New Perspectives on the Past)


$31.50


This updated edition of Ernest Gellner’s classic exploration of the roots of nationalism includes an extended introduction from John Breuilly, tracing the way the field has changed over the past two decades. * As pertinent today as it was when it was first published in 1983. * Argues that nationalism is a product of industrialization. * The new edition includes references to important work on nati…


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