Industrialization in Eastern and Southern Europe Was Slow and Underdeveloped

Industrialization in eastern and southern Europe was slow and underdeveloped because

A) specialized agriculture still brought in great profits.
B) greater profits could be gained by the exports of its power resources, like coal.
C) heavy taxes eliminated capital for investment.
D) it lacked of cities.
E) of resistance to adopt an economic system in which profit was not based on intensive labor needs.