III. Swiss Industrialization: Its Social Dimensions

Authors

Jürg K. Siegenthaler

Keywords

Swiss industrialization, history, social insurance

Abstract

Under this heading I would like to bring together two different emphases in the study of industrialization that too often have remained separate: (a) the historical measurement of economic growth, undertaken by economic historians who have looked at industrial output and similar indicators in order to gauge a country's economic performance; and (b) the study of social policy measures such as workers' protection and social insurance, to which social and political historians have paid major attention in assessing a nation's reaction to the ups and downs of economic growth in the course of industrialization.

Recommended Citation

Siegenthaler, Jürg K. (1984) "III. Swiss Industrialization: Its Social Dimensions," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 20: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol20/iss1/6