Changing work and community identities in European regions
Subtitle: perspectives on the past and present
By: edited by John Kirk, Sylvie Contrepois and Steve Jefferys
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780230249547
Subjects: Regional economic disparities; HISTORY / Social History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban; Economic development; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies; Deindustrialization
Description: "This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe, opening the wayto a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how work helps shape new identities"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of Figures and Tables; title: Acknowledgements; title: Notes on Contributors; title: Approaching Regional and Identity Change in Europe; J.Kirk, S.Contrepois & S.Jefferys; title: Industrial, Urban and Worker Identity Transitions in Nuremberg; L.Meier & M.Promberger; title: Industrial Decline, Economic Regeneration and Identities in the Paris Region; S.Contrepois; title: A Tale of Two Spanish Cities: Elda and Alcoy at the Crossroads; M.Arnal, C.Castro, A.Lahera-Sánchez, J.Revilla & F.Tovar; title: De-Industrialisation in Upper Silesia; K.Wódz, K.Lecki, J.Klimczak-Ziólek & M.Witkowski; title: The Zonguldak Coalfield and the Past and Future of Turkish Coal-Mining Communities; H.Sengül & E.Aytekin; title: Representing Identity and Work in Transition: The Case of South Yorkshire Coal-Mining Communities in Britain; J.Kirk, S.Jefferys & C.Wall; title: A Skyline of European Identities; S.Contrepois, S.Jefferys &J.Kirk; title: Bibliography; title: Index.