The Western Great Lakes industrial region is different from the Mohawk Valley industrial region because:
The Western Great Lakes region focuses on industries such as automotive, machinery, and food, while Mohawk Valley specializes in machinery, medical and surgical equipment, and copper roofing.
The Western Great Lakes region's global popularity is based on its manufacturing power. Well known automobile and aerospace industries such as Ford, Chryler, GM, GE Aviation and Magma International are based in this region. Other activities such as education and health, shipping, agriculture, mining and finance are also important.
Rome, near to the region of Mohawk Valley, is recognized as the "Copper City", since many copper derived products are manufactured there. Other activities that eventually developed there are manufacturing of machinery and medical and surgical equipment, as well as fruit production, health assistance and more.
Rostow's economic model is different from Wallerstein's in that;
Rostow argued that a country's development was largely determined by internal factors while Wallerstein focused on external factors in a related global system.
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Wallerstein categorized countries into core, semi-peripheral, and peripheral, while Rostow categorized them as traditional, in precondition for takeoff, in takeoff, driving to maturity, and having high mass consumption.
Rostow's five stage model focuses on an analysis at the national level. It focuses on the economic development of the country, which is affected by its internal activity. On the other hand, Wallerstein's three-part world system theory focuses on an analysis at the international level. Here, the characteristics of the three parts of the world and their relationship are studied.
In Rostow's capitalist point of view, the modernization of the industry will help to the progress of the country. In Wallerstein's socialist point of view, the difference and the conflict of the status are the most important.