| Regions and Industries: A Perspective on the Industrial Revolution in Britain Contributor(s): Hudson, Pat (Editor) |
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ISBN: 052134106X ISBN-13: 9780521341066 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1989 Annotation: It is the contention of this book that industrialization in Britain (and elsewhere) occurred first and foremost within regions rather than in the nation as a whole and that attempts to understand the 'first industrial revolution' as a fundamentally important economic, social and political process are best undertaken with the regional perspective at centre stage. In Regions and Industries a team of distinguished historians contribute a series of interconnected essays illustrative of the richness and variety of fundamental change at regional level. Each essay is focused around a set of clearly articulated themes, concerning the relations between agriculture, population, resources, communications and cultures, and the changing national and international context within which regional economies functioned. The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the existing theoretical and empirical literature, and emphasizes again the need to evaluate aggregate studies of 'national' variables in the light of contrasting regional experiences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 338.094 |
| LCCN: 89-501 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.32 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |