First Industrial Region. North West England, c1700-1760
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- Author(s) Stobart, Jon
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2004
- Pages 259pp; illus
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
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- Name Regional & locational issues
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Explores the significance of regional development relative to the development of the national economy, using as a case study south Lancashire and north Cheshire in a period prior to the traditional period of industrialisation. Deals in particular with the process on industrialisation, analysing the role in this of urban and industrial systems - based on the linkages of c30 market towns - in fostering spatial and sectoral specialisation, etc. Sections include: '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'