'An issue of different mentalities. National approaches to the development of the chemical industry in Britain and Europe before 1914' in E Homburg et al (eds), The Chemical Industry in Europe, 1850-1914. Industrial growth, pollution and professionalization

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Deals with the surpassing of the British chemical industry by the German industry, 1860-1914, and seeks an explanation for it using recent studies by historians, rather than introducing new information, in order to adopt a different viewpoint. 'Here we examine the extent to which a mixture of circumstances can be traced back to different mental outlooks prevalent in the two nations. In doing so, we endeavour to use the available facts to establish alternative reasons for the performances of the same sectors of the chemical industry in different environments'