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Marginal Europe : the contribution of marginal lands since the Middle Ages /

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The momentum of the British industrial revolution arose mostly in regions poorly endowed by nature, badly located, and thought backward and poor by contemporaries. Pollard examines the economic contribution made by these and similar marginal areas.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pollard, Sidney
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Land use > Europe > History.
Waste lands > Europe > History.
Industrialization > Europe > History.
Utilisation du sol > Europe > Histoire.
Friches > Europe > Histoire.
Industrialisation > Europe > Histoire.
Industrialization
Land use
Waste lands
Europe
Perifere regio's.
Invloed.
Economische ontwikkeling.
Sol, Utilisation du > Europe > Histoire.
Industrialisation > Histoire.
Disparités régionales > Europe > Histoire.
Économie régionale > Histoire.
Europe > Conditions économiques.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The momentum of the British industrial revolution arose mostly in regions poorly endowed by nature, badly located, and thought backward and poor by contemporaries. Pollard examines the economic contribution made by these and similar marginal areas.
Physical Description:1 online resource (327 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-322) and index.
ISBN:9780191677106
0191677108