Book Review: Konflikte der Industrialisierung: Industrie, Raum und Gesellschaft in Glarus und Scranton 1840-1914

Authors

Heinz K. Meier

Keywords

book review, Swiss industrialization, Jurg K. Siegenthaler, 19th century industrialization

Abstract

The process of the industrialization of a previously agrarian region is not easy to analyze and evaluate since it is made up of and touches upon qualitative as well as quantitative factors of a considerable variety and complexity. Jurg K. Siegenthaler in his monograph Konflikte der Industrialisierung attempts to provide such an analysis on the basis of a historical-comparative study of two distinct cases of 19th century industrialization, Glarus, a small mountain canton of Switzerland, and Scranton, a city in the Lackawanna valley of northeastern Pennsylvania. The issues raised are significant inasmuch as industrialization is still the prefered precept for answering the problems of the underdeveloped countries today.

Recommended Citation

Meier, Heinz K. (1986) "Book Review: Konflikte der Industrialisierung: Industrie, Raum und Gesellschaft in Glarus und Scranton 1840-1914," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 22: Iss. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol22/iss2/4