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The industrial revolution and (relative) free trade made that possible 150 years ago. Also, the vast amount of resources required to industrialize thanks to c
by kazen44 9y ago
The industrial revolution and (relative) free trade made that possible 150 years ago.
Also, the vast amount of resources required to industrialize thanks to colonialism also helped tremendously.
- usrusr 9y agoDid colonoalism, at the time, contribute much to industrialization in terms of resources? My impression is that during the age of steam, colonial trade/extraction was mostly limited to luxuries and food, and colonies certainly provided a market for the factories, whereas the building of an industrial base was still mostly a regional thing. Case in point: Germans tried to copy both colonialism and industrialisation, with polar opposite different levels of success.