Regions, industries, and heritage : perspectives on economy, society, and culture in modern Western Europe /: perspectives on economy, society, and culture in modern Western Europe. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Juliane Czierpka, Kathrin Oerters and Nora Thorade.
• Other Names: Czierpka, Juliane, 1980-; Oerters, Kathrin, 1981-; Thorade, Nora, 1982-; Industrialisation in European Regions (Conference)
• Contents: Table of Contents; ; Introduction; 1. Regions, industries and heritage. Perspectives on economy, society and culture in modern Western Europe; Juliane Czierpka, Kathrin Oerters, Nora Thorade; 2. Regions revisited: the importance of the region in understanding the long term economic and social development of Europe; Patricia Hudson; ; Part I - Industrialization, Regionalization, and Spatiality: An Examination of Regions during Their Industrial Development; 3. The Ulster linen triangle: an industrial cluster emerging from a proto-industrial region; Marcel Boldorf; 4. Space and industry in the economic region Black Country; Juliane Czierpka; 5. Early start and late breakthrough. The industrialization of the Minette Region in Lorraine and Luxembourg; Ralf Banken; 6. Coal, transport, and industrial development. The impact of coal mining in Lower Silesia; Nora Thorade; 7. The concept of regional industrialization from the perspective of the economic history of East Central Europe; Uwe Müller; 8. Global markets and regional industrialization: the emergence of the saxon textile industry, 1790-1914; Michael Schäfer; 9. Industrialization and agriculture. The beet sugar industry in Saxony-Anhalt, 1799–1902; Dirk Schaal; 10. Beyond the leading regions: Agricultural modernization and rural industrialization in North-Western Germany; Dieter Ziegler; Part II - Industrial Heritage, Identities, and Regional Self-Perception: An Examination of Regions after Their Prime; ; 11. Housing the workers: Re-visiting employer villages in mid-19th-century Europe; Tilman Frasch, Terry Wyke; 12. The identity of mining engineers: a void in the memory of mining communities; Willemijne Linssen; 13. Similarities and discrepancies: The workers' discourse in 'the Greater Region' of Luxembourg and the French region of Lorraine; Laure Caregari; 14. Industrial heritage in the Ruhr Region and South Wales in historical comparison; Kathrin Oerters; 15. Zollverein and Sulzer: The Tangible and Intangible Dimensions of Industrial Heritage Sites; Heike Oevermann and Harald A. Mieg ; ;
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 338.094; Industrialization -- Europe, Western -- History -- Congresses; Social History; Europe/General; History; Industrialisation & industrial history; Social & cultural history; Europe, Western -- Civilization -- Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137333421; 1137333421
• Related ISBNs: 9781137333407
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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