began and mechanisation was completed in the textile industry. But the faster the wheels of the new industries turned, the greater their hunger for raw materials became - and the more products poured onto the [...] Industrial Revolution WIKIPEDIA: Economy of the United Kingdom World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in the United Kingdom? Telford. Coalbrookdale Ironworks

Russia only increased. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Ukraine World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Ukraine? Heinrich Böll Stiftung Kyiv: Soviet Economic Integration or Industrial Colonialism

Soviet Union, the government formulated five-year plans and founded state-owned companies in key industries, which characterised the Turkish economy – with varied success – into the 21st century. This was [...] of food imports. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Turkey World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Turkey History of Istanbul: Economy Istanbul. Bomonti Brewery

Around the turn of the century, the boom reached its peak. The Netherlands profited from the typical industries of the "second industrialisation" and a number of world-famous companies emerged: as a light bulb [...] Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of the Netherlands World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in the Netherlands? Haarlemmermeer. Cruquius Steam Pumping Station

to be mechanised and this explains why the first major strikes happened in the silk-processing industries. Skilled workers in Lyons took industrial action in the 1830s to force the introduction of minimum [...] divided up into so many small states. Nevertheless after the customs union of 1834 productive heavy industries developed in the mining regions of upper Silesia, in the Saarland and the Ruhrgebiet. At the same [...] German businesses were able to take over a leading role in the new chemical and electro-technical industries in the second phase of industrialisation towards the end of the 19th century. All these developments

than in spinning, other countries were able to keep pace with Great Britain. Competitive weaving industries were established mainly in the New England states of the USA, in France, Switzerland, Germany and

developed into pharmaceutical manufacturers. The founding of Sandoz, the “Gesellschaft für Chemische Industrie in Basel, or CIBA, and Hoffmann-La Roche in the last two decades of the 19th century marked the [...] Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Switzerland World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Switzerland? St. Gallen. Bodensee Toggenburg Railway | Kubel Power Plant

mid-19th century that lasted, with interruptions, for around a hundred years. England’s expanding industries in particular purchased enormous quantities of raw materials: wood from the north, iron from central [...] Revolution, in which new sectors outgrew heavy industry, including energy, chemical and machine-tool industries and wood-based paper manufacturing. Fed by the country’s enormous hydroelectric potential, a f [...] nation in the first half of the 20th century. During the First World War, Sweden’s unhindered industries supplied all parties, particularly with steel, and was able to demand grossly inflated prices.

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attracted capital, and mining and iron-working expanded, along with food production, textile and paper industries. The number of factories had almost doubled by the beginning of the Second World War, although [...] proportion of services. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Slovenia World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Slovenia Domžale. J. Oberwalder & Co. Straw Hat Factory Slovenia was part of the 'Socialist

aegis after Czechoslovakia was reconstituted in 1945. In the course of establishing powerful heavy industries in the new socialist nations, the leadership of the USSR assigned Slovakia the role of arms maker [...] the population. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Slovakia World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Slovakia Žilina. Cloth Factory

money from the import of colonial goods, but also banks and insurance companies, as well as inland industries that processed imported goods: Sugar refineries, tobacco factories and coffee houses boomed throughout [...] captured large parts of the European economy and created capital for later industrialisation. The industries then contributed decisively to the next wave of colonialism in the late 19th century. This created [...] nations, which increasingly rivalled aggressively for colonies, were the needs of the dominant industries. Industrialisation also changed the ideological side of colonialism: in 1807, England banned the

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an economic crisis. Related Links WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Serbia World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Serbia The History of Serbian Mining (pdf) Bor. Copper Mine Serbia was part of the 'Socialist

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industrialisation in the UK, because salt now was increasingly sought for as a commodity for chemical industries. Particularly it was needed to produce soda, a bleaching agent in the booming cotton business. [...] earned its once leading position by producing soda. Since the end of the 19th century, chemical industries have an increasing demand for potassium salts. Because potassium is a major nutrient for plants

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government worked to encourage the growth of industry. Up until World War I, typical “entry-level” industries such as food production, textile manufacturing and wood- and metal working emerged, but the strongest [...] government attempted to correct its course, placing greater emphasis on more technically sophisticated industries and cooperation with western businesses: the Dacia automotive plant in Piteʂti has been manufacturing [...] the 1970s, Romania was even exporting offshore drilling rigs. In the spirit of self-sufficiency, industries produced a wide range of petroleum derivatives, as well as pharmaceuticals, locomotives and electronic

20 years later an Australian, James Harrison, introduced refrigerators to the meat and brewing industries. Thus large-scale beer production became possible during the summer months. At the same time people

first trains connected Lisbon and Porto in 1864, with a link to Spain following in 1866. As the new industries settled primarily in the capital and in the Porto region, no new jobs were created in rural areas [...] their roles taken over by cooperatives. The government in Lisbon gradually nationalised the key industries and the banks. But the socialist experiment did not last long. Drops in agricultural production [...] isolation. Related Links ERIH Link List WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Portugal World Atlas: The biggest industries in Portugal Lisboa. Xabregas Tobacco Factory (Museo de Lisboa; J. Pedrozo)