The Laboratory of Progress: Switzerland in the , Jung, Curtis Hardcover..

The Laboratory of ProgressSwitzerland in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1\nAuthor(s): Joseph Jung, Ashley Curtis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032152240, 978-1032152240\nSynopsis\nThe 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. \n\nThat 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 worlds second-largest textile producer; that a country with hardly any level terrain should come to boast the worlds most highly developed railway network; and that a country whose main export was impoverished emigrants should be transformed into one .