Towns, regions, and industries; urban and industrial change in the Midlands, c.1700-1840.0719070864 Towns, regions, and industries; urban and industrial change in the Midlands, c.1700-1840. Ed. by Jon Stobart and Neil Raven. Manchester U. Pr. 2005 272 pages $74.95 Hardcover HT133 Modern, urban, industrial, and general historians, from the continent as well as Britain, explore the relationship between industrialization industrialization Process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. The changes that took place in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th century led the way for the early industrializing nations of western Europe and and urbanization in the English Midlands, one of the cradles of European industrial transformation. Some looking at themes relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the region as a whole and others focusing on particular towns, they illuminate such aspects as the differential growth of towns, the role of endogenous endogenous /en·dog·e·nous/ (en-doj´e-nus) produced within or caused by factors within the organism. en·dog·e·nous adj. 1. Originating or produced within an organism, tissue, or cell. and exogenous Exogenous Describes facts outside the control of the firm. Converse of endogenous. growth stimuli, and links between manufacturing and service economies. The research project was centered at the University of Leicester History The University was founded as Leicestershire and Rutland College in 1918. The site for the University was donated by a local textile manufacturer, Thomas Fielding Johnson, in order to create a living memorial for those who lost their lives in World War I. . Distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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