The first industrial region : North-west England, c.1700-60 /

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Annotation This is a book about the geography of economic growth and the influence which geography had on economic growth during the early phases of industrialisation in England. Its innovative analysis examines the role of the urban system in structuring economic development, showing how the growth...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stobart, Jon, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press, ©2004.
Temas:
1700-1799
Geschichte 1700-1760.
Industries > England, Northern > History > 18th century.
Industrie > Angleterre (Nord) > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > General.
Economic history
Industries
Industrialisierung
Stadtgeografie
Wirtschaftswachstum
England, Northern > Economic conditions.
Angleterre (Nord) > Conditions économiques.
Northern England
England > Nordwest
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: shifting the economic development agenda
  • Economic development and the urban system
  • Uneven development: geographical specialisation and inter-dependency
  • An advanced organic economy: the textile industries
  • A mineral-based energy economy: coal-using industries
  • The service sector and urban hierarchies
  • Spatial integration and the urban system
  • Conclusions: the integration of local, regional, national and international economies
  • Sources of urban population totals for north-west England in the 1770s
  • Probate records as sources of occupational information.

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