For most of the twentieth century tin was fundamental for both warfare and welfare. The importance of tin is most powerfully represented by the tin can - an invention which created a revolution in food preservation and helped feed both the armies of the great powers and the masses of the new...

Unternehmenskonzentrationen im Weltbergbau warfen die Frage auf, ob die bisher problemlose Rohstoffversorgung der deutschen Wirtschaft über die Weltmärkte und ohne wesentliche eigene Rohstoffengagements im Ausland gefährdet werden könnte. In der Studie werden die Märkte von zehn...

Preface -- Timeline -- Historical overview -- The industrial revolution : A to Z -- Primary documents -- Key questions -- Question 1: why was england first to industrialize? -- Question 2: was the exploitation of the working classes necessary to have an industrial revolution? -- Question 3:...