Triumph of the South. A regional economic history of early twentieth century Britain
Details:
- Author(s) Scott, Peter
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2007
- Pages 324pp; illus
- Publisher Ashgate Publishing
- Place Published Aldershot
Topics:
- Name Regional & locational issues
- Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Notes:
Winner of the Wadsworth Prize for Business History, 2007. Provides a scholarly account of regional development focusing on the emergence and development of the North-South divide, notably the impact of 1914-18. Deals also with government policy on regional development during the interwar years and beyond and factors affecting industrial location. Has sections: 'British regional development before the twentieth century'; 'The new regional divide, 1870-1914'; 'The First World War'; 'Depression and decline in outer-Britain'; 'New industrial development in outer-Britain'; 'The beautiful South'; 'New manufacturing industry in Greater London'; 'Industrial estates and new industrial communities'; 'The new industrial workforce'; 'Long distance migrants in the new industrial workforce'; 'Rural and coastal Britain'; 'The genesis of British regional policy'