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.

7 Regional industrialization in China: the Yangtze and Zhujiang regions -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Classification of the manufacturing industry -- 7.3 Data and sources for employment in Chinese regional manufacturing -- 7.4 Patterns of regional industrialization -- 7.5 Drivers of regional industries -- 7.6 Conclusion -- 8 Regional industrialization in Japan -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The geography of cottage industry during its final phase of development (1800-1858) -- 8.3 Regional patterns during the gradual shift to manufacturing (1858-1913) -- 8.4 Regional convergence in productivity during the emergence of Japan as an industrial power (1914-1955) -- 8.5 Expansion of manufacturing and decline in regional inequality (1955-1990) -- 8.6 Manufacturing decline and regional inequality during the low-growth era (since the 1990s) -- 8.7 Conclusion -- Part III Theories on regional industrialization -- 9 Regional industrialization: determinants of industrial location -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The economics of industrial location: Theoretical background -- 9.3 From the verification of the home market effect to the empirical analysis of industrial location -- 9.4 Analyzing the historical pattern and diffusion of industrialization using the Midelfart-Knarvik framework -- 9.5 Methodological challenges? -- 9.6 Conclusion -- 10 Regional industrialization: evidence on industry agglomeration -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Data and method -- 10.3 Measuring co-location in the Netherlands (1896-2010) -- 10.4 Measuring co-location in Hunan (1954-2004) -- 10.5 The role of transport -- 10.6 Conclusion -- 11 Regional industrialization: role of industrial policy -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Industrial policy as complex sets of actions supporting productive processes -- 11.3 Pioneer in the first Industrial Revolution: Unconscious industrial policy?.

11.4 Industrial policy in followers or late industrializers -- 11.5 Pushing for industrial upgrading: Innovation policy after World War II -- 11.6 The late consideration of regional imbalances in industrial development -- 11.7 Conclusions -- Index.

This book is an invaluable reference that attempts to bridge the fields of economic history, political history, economic geography, and economics whilst contributing to the debates on economic divergence between Europe and Asia as well as on the role of economic integration and globalization.

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