Paperback / softback. New. ISBN 0595416616 9780595416615 [GB]

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iUniverse, Inc, Date: 2006-11-09. Paperback. Used:Good. 2006. iUniverse, Inc ISBN 0595416616 9780595416615 [US]

ISBN10: 0595416616, ISBN13: 9780595416615, [publisher: Iuniverse] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Business history is littered with stories of missed opportunities, of geniuses that never cashed in on their brilliance, of great men who sold themselves short. Apple Computer with its user-friendly operating system, the McDonald brothers of San Bernardino with their fast-food restaurant are two prime examples. This book is about a similar tragedy, but of greater proportion, namely of the failure of a nation to take advantage of a homegrown technology, of a nation that saw its basic research usurped by a competitor. In short, it is the story of the United Kingdom in the latter part of the 19th century and electro-magnetic power. It is the story of a nation that failed to exploit a homegrown technology and consequently sputtered and failed while another (i.e. the United States) prospered. It is the story of the tragedy that was the fall of the British Empire.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2006]
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