MARC Record from Library of Congress

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082 00 $a303.48/3/09409034$221
100 1 $aPoggio, Pier Paolo.
240 10 $aProgresso e gli imperi, 1850-1900.$lEnglish
245 10 $aProgress and the empires, 1850-1900 /$cPier Paolo Poggio, Carlo Simoni ; illustrated by Giorgio Bacchin.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bChelsea House Publishers,$cc2003.
300 $a31 p. :$bcol. ill., col. maps ;$c34 cm.
490 1 $aThe road to globalization ;$v2
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aLooks at the Age of Progress that existed in the second half of the nineteenth century, when the application of science to technology and industry led to faith in the future, but also laid the groundwork for conflict between European states.
505 0 $aPlantation agriculture and the world agricultural market -- The reclaiming of the cities and the discovery of microbes -- European capital cities and the promised land overseas -- Skilled labor and the organization of research -- Electricity: science, industry, and imagination -- The "myth" of steel and the reality of the factory -- Lightness and strength: from the sail to steam -- The slow progress of the telephone -- The triumph of imperialism -- Workers and farmers: organizations, battles, utopias -- The victory of progress.
650 0 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aTechnology and civilization$xHistory$y18th century$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aTechnological innovations$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century$vJuvenile literature.
650 1 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects.
650 1 $aTechnology and civilization.
650 1 $aTechnological innovations.
651 1 $aEurope$xHistory$y19th century.
700 1 $aSimoni, Carlo.
700 1 $aBacchin, Giorgio,$eill.
800 1 $aPoggio, Pier Paolo.$tRoad to globalization ;$v2.