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The book offers shrewd insights into the underlying technological structures of European integration. Its analysis commences in the 1850s rather than the 1950s; this offers a new perspective that shows how a new elite of experts which grew out of industrialization carried out plans for closer European collaboration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reviews the book "Leioa. De la sociedad tradicional a la sociedad posindustrial (1880-2000). Industrialización, urbanización, inmigración e innovación social," edited by Manuel González Portilla.

This article presents a review of “The Origin of Modern Industry,” written by Professor Zhang Weiliang, which discusses British industrialization. Zhang is also the author of “The History of the Commercialization of British Society: 1500-1700.” Zhang argues that a country’s modernization process can be categorized as occurring either as a “modernization from within” or as a “modernization from without.” The advent of British industrialization was a typical example of “modernization from within.” Zhang explains the concept of proto-industrialization, which was characterized by the increasing involvement of farmers in market-oriented production. The transfer from proto-industrialization to industrialization was pushed by British agricultural and social changes, increased consumer needs, the liberalization of merchant activities, and technological modernization.

The reviewed book examines the development of a regionally important city in Western Hungary. Industrial development and new modes of transportation and communication were accompanied by population growth and social restructuring during the 19th century. The study analyzes the causes and effects of these changes, and places them in the national context.

Reviews the book "Industrial Development and Displacement," by V. Dhagamwar, S. De and N. Verma.

Reviews the book "Industrialization of a Rural Collective," by Yehuda Don.

Reviews the book "Industrialists, Industrialisation and the Nation State in Peru," by F.C.M. Wils.

The article reviews the book "Work and Industrialisation in South Africa: An Introductory Reader," by Eddie Webster.

Because of the expansive nature of the subject, the reviewed book discusses only the most significant elements of the political, economic, and social history of the European and South American countries of Spanish language and Brazil. The book then traces changes resulting from the end of colonial status and the Industrial Revolution.

The article reviews the book "The Dragon in the Room: China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization," by Kevin P. Gallagher and Roberto Porzecanski.

The article reviews the book "Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago," by Harold Platt.

Ishii Kanji’s book analyzes the century-long management of a sole-proprietorship merchant in Osaka, Japan. The scope of analysis includes the profits and losses of the merchant, as well as investment activities. The book also features a description of the early development of commercial and financial institutions, which took place during this period. [ABSTRACT FROM CONTRIBUTOR]

Reviews the book "Industrialisation and Innovation: The Indian Experience," by Nasir Tyabji.

Reviews the book "Der tscheschische Weg. Transformation einer Industriegesellschaft," edited by Dirk Taenzler.

Reviews the book "Industrial Development in the Punjab and Haryana," by M.L. Pandit.

Reviews the book 'Eine Stadt am seidenen Faden. Haushalt. Hasuindustrie und Soziale Bewegung in Krefeld in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts,' by P. Kriedte.

Reviews the book 'A History of Industrial Power in the United States, 1780-1930,' Volume II: Steam Power, by L.C. Hunter.

Reviews the book 'Zacetki industrializaceji na Slovenskem,' by J. Sorn.

Reviews the book "The Machine That Changed the World," by James P. Womak, Daniel T. Jones and Daniel Roos.

In "Farmers and Bolsheviks," edited by Lennart Samuelson, thirteen Russian researchers discuss the farmers' situation in the Soviet Union. Topics such as everyday life in southern Ural and the hunger catastrophe in the Russian and Ukrainian countryside 1932-1933 are being described.

The article reviews the book "Transitional Puzzles: Reflections on Social, Economic and Political Issues," by Amlan Datta.

The article reviews the book "Industrializing the Corn Belt: Agriculture, Technology, and Environment, 1945-1972," by J.L. Anderson.

The article reviews the book "Industrial Innovation and Environmental Regulation: Developing Workable Solutions," edited by Saeed Parto and Brent Herbert-Copley.

The article reviews the book "Towns, regions and industries: Urban and industrial change in the Midlands, c1700-1840," edited by Jon Stobart and Neil Raven.

Reviews the book "The Unmaking of Soviet Life: Everyday Economies After Socialism," by Caroline Humphrey.

Reviews the book 'Beitrage zur Quantitative Vergleinchenden Unternehmensgeschichte,' by R. Tilly.

The article reviews the book "The Texture of Industry: An Archaeological View of the Industrialization of North America," by Robert B. Gordon and Patrick M. Malone.