Regions, Industries, and Heritage. : Perspectives on Economy, Society, and Culture in Modern Western Europe

The industrial age has proved to be a formative period for Europe. Industrial heritage nowadays bears witness to the development that took place in differently structured regions. This volume presents different paths of industrial development and gives an overview of the concepts of regions, used among economic, social and cultural historians. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Figures 8 List of Maps 9 List of Tables 10 Series Editors’ Preface 11 Acknowledgments 16 Notes on Contributors 17 List of Abbreviations 19 Introduction 20 1 Regions, Industries, and Heritage: Perspectives on Economy, Society, and Culture in Modern Western Europe 21 2 Regions Revisited:The Importance of the Region in Understanding the Long-Term Economic and Social Development of Europe 29 Part I Industrialization, Regionalization, and Spatiality: An Examination of Regionsduring Their Industrial Development 41 3 The Ulster Linen Triangle:An Industrial Cluster Emerging from a Proto-Industrial Region 42 4 Space and Industry in the Economic Region Black Country 59 5 Early Start and Late Breakthrough: The Industrialization of the Minette Region in Lorraine and Luxembourg 71 6 Coal, Transport, and Industrial Development: The Impact of Coal Mining in Lower Silesia 90 7 The Concept of Regional Industrialization from the Perspective of the Economic History of East Central Europe 107 8 Global Markets and Regional Industrialization: The Emergence of the Saxon Textile Industry, 1790–1914 133 9 Industrialization and Agriculture: The Beet Sugar Industry in Saxony-Anhalt, 1799–1902 153 10 Beyond the Leading Regions: Agricultural Modernization and Rural Industrialization in North-Western Germany 165 Part II Industrial Heritage, Identities, and Regional Self-Perception: An Examination of Regions after Their Prime 187 11 Housing the Workers: Re-visiting Employer Villages in Mid-19th-century Europe 188 12 The Identity of Mining Engineers: A Void in the Memory of Mining Communities 213 13 Similarities and Discrepancies: The Workers’ Discourse in ‘the Greater Region’ of Luxembourg and the French Region of Lorraine 232 14 Industrial Heritage in the Ruhr Region and South Wales in Historical Comparison 255 15 Zollverein and Sulzer: The Tangible and Intangible Dimensions of Industrial Heritage Sites 277 Index 297 "Cover "--"Title " -- "Copyright " -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Maps" -- "List of Tables" -- "Series Editorsâ#x80;#x99; Preface" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "List of Abbreviations" -- "Introduction" -- "1 Regions, Industries, and Heritage: Perspectives on Economy, Society, and Culture in Modern Western Europe" -- "2 Regions Revisited:The Importance of the Region in Understanding the Long-Term Economic and Social Development of Europe" -- "Part I Industrialization, Regionalization, and Spatiality: An Examination of Regionsduring Their Industrial Development" -- "3 The Ulster Linen Triangle:An Industrial Cluster Emerging from a Proto-Industrial Region" -- "4 Space and Industry in the Economic Region Black Country" -- "5 Early Start and Late Breakthrough: The Industrialization of the Minette Region in Lorraine and Luxembourg" -- "6 Coal, Transport, and Industrial Development: The Impact of Coal Mining in Lower Silesia" -- "7 The Concept of Regional Industrialization from the Perspective of the Economic History of East Central Europe" -- "8 Global Markets and Regional Industrialization: The Emergence of the Saxon Textile Industry, 1790â#x80;#x93;1914" -- "9 Industrialization and Agriculture: The Beet Sugar Industry in Saxony-Anhalt, 1799â#x80;#x93;1902" -- "10 Beyond the Leading Regions: Agricultural Modernization and Rural Industrialization in North-Western Germany" -- "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" -- "12 The Identity of Mining Engineers: A Void in the Memory of Mining Communities" -- "13 Similarities and Discrepancies: The Workersâ#x80;#x99; Discourse in â#x80;#x98;the Greater Regionâ#x80;#x99; of Luxembourg and the French Region of Lorraine." Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Regions, Industries, and Heritage: Perspectives on Economy, Society, and Culture in Modern Western Europe....Pages 3-10 Regions Revisited: The Importance of the Region in Understanding the Long-Term Economic and Social Development of Europe....Pages 11-22 Front Matter....Pages 25-41 The Ulster Linen Triangle: An Industrial Cluster Emerging from a Proto-Industrial Region....Pages 25-41 Space and Industry in the Economic Region Black Country....Pages 42-53 Early Start and Late Breakthrough: The Industrialization of the Minette Region in Lorraine and Luxembourg....Pages 54-72 Coal, Transport, and Industrial Development: The Impact of Coal Mining in Lower Silesia....Pages 73-89 The Concept of Regional Industrialization from the Perspective of the Economic History of East Central Europe....Pages 90-115 Global Markets and Regional Industrialization: The Emergence of the Saxon Textile Industry, 1790–1914....Pages 116-135 Industrialization and Agriculture: The Beet Sugar Industry in Saxony-Anhalt, 1799–1902....Pages 136-147 Beyond the Leading Regions: Agricultural Modernization and Rural Industrialization in North-Western Germany....Pages 148-169 Front Matter....Pages 171-171 Housing the Workers: Re-visiting Employer Villages in Mid-19th-century Europe....Pages 173-197 The Identity of Mining Engineers: A Void in the Memory of Mining Communities....Pages 198-216 Similarities and Discrepancies: The Workers’ Discourse in ‘the Greater Region’ of Luxembourg and the French Region of Lorraine....Pages 217-239 Industrial Heritage in the Ruhr Region and South Wales in Historical Comparison....Pages 240-261 Zollverein and Sulzer: The Tangible and Intangible Dimensions of Industrial Heritage Sites....Pages 262-281 Back Matter....Pages 283-288 "The industrial age has proved to be a formative period for Europe and led to the emergence of differently structured regions. Some of these regions took a leading role in the process of industrialization, while others developed at a slower pace, started at a later point in time or differed in the extent of their industrial development. Industrial heritage nowadays bears witness to the individual paths of development that took place in the last centuries. Accordingly, the contributions to this volume take a regional perspective and focus on different stages of industrialization. This volume does not only allow comparisons to be drawn between different paths of industrial development, it also gives an overview of the different concepts of regions, used among economic, social and cultural historians"-- Provided by publisher