An Economic History of Regional Industrialization

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Global patterns of regional industrialization -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Regional industrialization in England and Wales since the Industrial Revolution -- 1.3 How 'regional' was industrialization in continental Europe? -- 1.4 How similar was regional industrialization in Asia? -- 1.5 Conclusion -- 2 Economic geography and economic history: a literature overview -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Industrialization and agglomeration: What does new economic geography have to say? -- 2.3 Linking economic geography and economic history: A brief survey of the empirical work to date -- 2.4 Conclusions -- Part I Regional industrialization in Europe -- 3 Regional industrialization in Belgium and the Netherlands -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Aggregate patterns of industrial development -- 3.3 The Industrial Revolution (ca. 1820-1870) -- 3.4 Phase of industrial maturity (ca. 1870-1960) -- 3.5 Post-industrial phase (ca. 1960-2010) -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4 Regional industrialization in Yugoslavia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Exploring regional industrialization -- 4.3 Explaining regional industrialization -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5 Regional industrialization in Italy -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The North-South divide before 1861 -- 5.3 Economic dualism in unified Italy -- 5.4 The fascist regime and the peak of regional polarization -- 5.5 A short-lived convergence: The Economic Miracle and the return of regional polarization -- 5.6 Concluding remarks and suggestions for future research -- Part II Regional industrialization in Asia -- 6 Regional industrialization in China: the basic metals sector -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Literature -- 6.3 Sources and data -- 6.4 Regional development in metal smelting -- 6.5 Conclusion.