Erasing the Binary Distinction of Developed and Underdeveloped - A Comparative Study of the Emergence of the Large-Scale Steel Industry in Imperial Russia, Imperial Britain, Imperial America, and Colonial India, 1880-1914

Through a sample comparative historical study focusing on the question of the emergence of the large-scale steel industry (1880-1914) of four chosen countries it is shown how the yardstick of parity can be applied without the categorization of societies as either developed or underdeveloped.