Western Europe, Latin America, India, Russia, and Japan

Bethell, L., ed. The Cambridge History of Latin America. Vol. 6. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Noteworthy source for the advance of industrialization in Latin America.

Blackwell, W The Beginning of Russian Industrialization 1800-1860. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968. Interesting narrative of the important 19th century social and economic changes that prepared Russia for its entry into the industrial era.

Cipolla, C. M. Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy, 1000-1700. New York: W W Norton & Co. Inc., 1976. Excellent account of the pre-industrial world of Europe which provides a vivid contrast to the era of industrial change that followed.

Dore, R. P Aspects of Social Change in Modern Japan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1965. Relates the impact of industrialization and modern economic developments to the rapid change in Japanese society

Dunham, A. L. The Industrial Revolution in France, 1815-1914. New York: Exposition Press, 1955. Survey of the course of the Industrial Revolution in France from Napoleon to World War One.

Jansen, M. B., & Dozman, G. Japan in Transition from Tokugawa to Meiji. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986. Survey of the dramatic events that brought Japan into the modern, industrial era.

Lockwood, W. C. The Economic Development of Japan: Growth and Structural Change Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968. Discusses the remarkable effort undertaken by Japan to alter its society and institutions as it entered the industrial era.

McKay, J. Pioneers for Profit: Foreign Enterprise and Russian Industrialization. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. Discusses the impact of foreign investment and technical skill in the early period of Russia’s transition to industrialization.

Mosk, S. A. The Industrial Revolution in Mexico. Berkley: University of California Press, 1950. Excellent survey of Mexico’s efforts, albeit largely unsuccessful, to make the transition to a modern industrial society.

Pomeranz, K. The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. A detailed work that argues that Great Britain and China had similar potential until the 18th century, but the former’s resources, particularly coal, proved advantageous and allowed Britain to take the lead in industrialization.

Rostislav, A. The Industrial Revolution and Social Progress in India. New Delhi: People’s Publishing House, 1970. An excellent survey of the relationship between economic and social change brought about by the arrival of industrialization in India.

Zelnick, R. E. Labor and Society in Tsarist Russia: The Factory Workers of St. Petersburg, 1855-1870. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1971. Highly specialized look at the beginning of the factory age in Russia.