regional industrialization
1Chinese industrialization — In the 1960s, about 60% of the Chinese labor force were employed in agriculture. The figure remained more or less constant throughout the early phase of industrialization between the 1960s and 1990s, but in view of the rapid population growth… …
2Import substitution industrialization — (also called ISI) is a trade and economic policy based on the premise that a country should attempt to reduce its foreign dependency through the local production of industrialized products. Adopted in many Latin American countries from the 1930s… …
3Proto-industrialization — Proto industrialisation (also spelled proto industrialization) is a phase in the development of modern industrial economies that preceded, and created conditions for, the establishment of fully industrial societies. Proto industrialization was… …
4Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia — Infobox Settlement official name = Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia other name = (CBRM) native name = nickname = motto = Fortuna Non Mutat Genus (Circumstances Do Not Change Our Origin) imagesize = image caption = flag size = 145px… …
5Argentine Regional Workers' Federation — The Argentine Regional Workers Federation (Spanish: Federación Obrera Regional Argentina ; abbreviated FORA), founded in 1901, was Argentina s first national labor confederation. It split into two wings in 1915, the larger of which merged into… …
6Aiken — /ay keuhn/, n. 1. Conrad (Potter), 1889 1973, U.S. poet. 2. a city in SW South Carolina. 14,978. 3. a male given name. * * * ▪ South Carolina, United States city, seat of Aiken county, western South Carolina, U.S. Aiken lies 16 miles (26… …
7china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
8China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
9Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
10Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
