... that countries were not necessarily conducive to industrialisation at the point of its introduction, leading to inconsistencies in both the speed at which industries could be adapted, and the pattern in which it occurred. More economically advanced countries, such as Britain, France and Germany, with overseas empires, and rapidly expanding populations could initiate a mass market of production, whereas more insular, divided states often lacked the necessary cohesion for industrialisation. Karl Marx identified the pattern that emerged from these characteristics as one where more developed countries moved towards industrialisation, and the relatively economically backward followed their lead, (as best as cultural differences could allow). The reason for this may be that, "the industrially more developed country presents to the less developed country a picture of the latter's future"1. The fact that by 1870, the UK held 31.8% of European manufacturing ptoduction, closely followed by the other world powers of France ...

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