Regions and Industries: A Perspective on the Industrial Revolution in Britain

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It is the contention of this book that industrialization in Britain (and elsewhere) occurred first and foremost within regions rather than in the nation as a whole and that attempts to understand the 'first industrial revolution' as a fundamentally important economic, social and political process are best undertaken with the regional perspective at centre stage. In Regions and Industries a team of distinguished historians contribute a series of interconnected essays illustrative of the richness and variety of fundamental change at regional level. Each essay is focused around a set of clearly articulated themes, concerning the relations between agriculture, population, resources, communications and cultures, and the changing national and international context within which regional economies functioned. The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the existing theoretical and empirical literature, and emphasizes again the need to evaluate aggregate studies of 'national' variables in the light of contrasting regional experiences.

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Introduction
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1 - The regional perspective
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- By Pat Hudson
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PART ONE - THE TEXTILE HEARTLANDS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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2 - Proto-industrialisation and the first industrial revolution: the case of Lancashire
pp 41-68
- By John K. Walton
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3 - Capital and credit in the West Riding wool textile industry c. 1750–1850
pp 69-100
- By Pat Hudson
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PART TWO - OTHER PATHS, OTHER PATTERNS
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4 - Continuity and change in an industrialising society: the case of the West Midlands industries
pp 103-131
- By Marie B. Rowlands
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5 - Stages of industrialisation in Cumbria
pp 132-155
- By John D. Marshall
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6 - The de-industrialisation process: a case study of the Weald, 1600–1850
pp 156-174
- By Brian Short
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7 - Work, culture and resistance to machinery in the West of England woollen industry
pp 175-198
- By Adrian J. Randall
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PART THREE - THE DIVERSE NATURE OF THE OUTER REGIONS
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8 - Two paths to economic development: Wales and the northeast of England
pp 201-227
- By Neil Evans
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9 - Proto-industrialisation in Scotland
pp 228-251
- By Ian D. Whyte
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10 - The environment and dynamic of pre-factory industry in Northern Ireland
pp 252-270
- By Leslie A. Clarkson
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of figures
pp vii-vii

List of maps
pp viii-viii

List of tables
pp ix-x

List of contributors
pp xi-xii

Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction
pp 1-4

1 - The regional perspective
pp 5-38

PART ONE - THE TEXTILE HEARTLANDS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
pp 39-40

2 - Proto-industrialisation and the first industrial revolution: the case of Lancashire
pp 41-68

3 - Capital and credit in the West Riding wool textile industry c. 1750–1850
pp 69-100

PART TWO - OTHER PATHS, OTHER PATTERNS
pp 101-102

4 - Continuity and change in an industrialising society: the case of the West Midlands industries
pp 103-131

5 - Stages of industrialisation in Cumbria
pp 132-155

6 - The de-industrialisation process: a case study of the Weald, 1600–1850
pp 156-174

7 - Work, culture and resistance to machinery in the West of England woollen industry
pp 175-198

PART THREE - THE DIVERSE NATURE OF THE OUTER REGIONS
pp 199-200

8 - Two paths to economic development: Wales and the northeast of England
pp 201-227

9 - Proto-industrialisation in Scotland
pp 228-251

10 - The environment and dynamic of pre-factory industry in Northern Ireland
pp 252-270

Index
pp 271-277

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