Geographies of England - The North-South Divide, Material and Imagined

Klappentext This book examines the history of the concept of a North-South divide in England during the last millennium. Zusammenfassung This book examines the history of the concept of a North-South divide in England during the last millennium. This concept has surfaced in recent political debates about regional contrasts in wealth and welfare in England! but it has deep historical roots. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Material and imagined geographies of England Alan R. H. Baker and Mark Billinge; 2. The contemporary debate over the North-South divide: images and realities of regional inequality in late-twentieth-century Britain Ronald L. Martin; 3. Distressed times and areas: poverty, polarisation and politics in England, 1918-71 Danny Dorling; 4. Industry and identity: the North-South divide and the geography of belonging, 1830-1918 Philip Howell; 5. Divided by a common language: North and South, 1750-1830 Mark Billinge; 6. South, North and nation: regional differences and consciousness in an integrating realm, 1550-1750 John Langton; 7. North-South dichotomies in England, 1066-1550 Bruce M. S. Campbell; 8. Cultural constructions of England's geography and history Alan R. H. Baker and Mark Billinge; Index.

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• Authors: Alan R. H. Billinge Baker, Alan R.h. Billinge Baker
• Assisted by: Baker Alan R. H. (Editor), Alan R. H. Baker (Editor), Mark Billinge (Editor), Billinge Mark (Editor), Billinge Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.2011
• EAN: 9780521173254
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17325-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography; Cambridge Studies in Historica; Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; England, European History, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Economic history, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Historical Geography