Klappentext The book casts considerable light on the process of regional economic development in the English industrial revolution. Zusammenfassung The economic changes of the industrial revolution came to different parts of England at different times. By examining the geography of these changes! this book shows how the pattern of production in an important coalfield changed as it became part of the regional economic system developing around the port of Liverpool. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. Seventeenth-century Stability: 2. The colliery location pattern 1590-1689; 3. Factors affecting the location pattern of collieries 1590-1689; 4. The colliery location pattern 1690-1739; 5. Factors affecting the location pattern of collieries 1690-1739; Part III. The Early Waterway Era: 6. The colliery location pattern 1740-99; 7. Factors affecting the location pattern of collieries 1740-99; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Zusammenfassung
The economic changes of the industrial revolution came to different parts of England at different times. By examining the geography of these changes, this book shows how the pattern of production in an important coalfield changed as it became part of the regional economic system developing around the port of Liverpool.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; Part I. Seventeenth-century Stability: 2. The colliery location pattern 1590-1689; 3. Factors affecting the location pattern of collieries 1590-1689; 4. The colliery location pattern 1690-1739; 5. Factors affecting the location pattern of collieries 1690-1739; Part III. The Early Waterway Era: 6. The colliery location pattern 1740-99; 7. Factors affecting the location pattern of collieries 1740-99; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.