Industrial Clusters and Regional Business Networks in England, 1750-1970 (Modern Economic and Social History)
Contributors: John Wilson (Editor); Andrew Popp (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780754607618
Subjects: Industrial districts; Industries - General; History: World; Europe - Great Britain - General; History; Business / Economics / Finance; Industrial policy; Industrial location; Industrial clusters; 20th century; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; Economic geography; England; Industry & Industrial Studies; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Congresses; Great Britain
First sentence: Industrialisation in England, far from erasing regional differences and heralding the creation of a homogenous national economy, emerged from and reinforced patterns of economic activity and linkages that showed marked spatial variegation.