Regions, Industries, and Heritage.

"Table of ContentsIntroduction
 
1. Regions, industries and heritage. Perspectives on economy, society and culture in modern Western Europe; Juliane Czierpka, Kathrin Oerters, Nora Thorade 2. Regions revisited: the importance of the region in understanding the long term economic and social development of Europe; Patricia Hudson
Part I - Industrialization, Regionalization, and Spatiality: An Examination of Regions during Their Industrial Development
 
3. The Ulster linen triangle: an industrial cluster emerging from a proto-industrial region; Marcel Boldorf4. Space and industry in the economic region Black Country; Juliane Czierpka5. Early start and late breakthrough. The industrialization of the Minette Region in Lorraine and Luxembourg; Ralf Banken 6. Coal, transport, and industrial development. The impact of coal mining in Lower Silesia; Nora Thorade7. The concept of regional industrialization from the perspective of the economic history of East Central Europe; Uwe Müller8. Global markets and regional industrialization: the emergence of the saxon textile industry, 1790-1914; Michael Schäfer9. Industrialization and agriculture. The beet sugar industry in Saxony-Anhalt, 1799–1902; Dirk Schaal10. Beyond the leading regions: Agricultural modernization and rural industrialization in North-Western Germany; Dieter Ziegler
 
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; Tilman Frasch, Terry Wyke12. The identity of mining engineers: a void in the memory of mining communities; Willemijne Linssen13. Similarities and discrepancies: The workers'' discourse in ''the Greater Region'' of Luxembourg and the French region of Lorraine; Laure Caregari14. Industrial heritage in the Ruhr Region and South Wales in historical comparison; Kathrin Oerters15. Zollverein and Sulzer: The Tangible and Intangible Dimensions of Industrial Heritage Sites; Heike Oevermann and Harald A. Mieg