An Economic History of Regional Industrialization Routledge Explorations in Economic History Series

This book offers a comprehensive study of regional industrialization in Europe and Asia from the early nineteenth century to the present. Using case studies on regional industrialization, the book provides insights into similarities and differences in industrialization processes between European, Eurasian and Asian countries. Important factors include the transition from traditional to modern industrial production, industrial policy, agglomeration forces, market integration, and the determinants of industrial location over time. The book is an invaluable reference that attempts to bridge the fields of economic history, political history, economic geography, and economics while contributing to the debates on economic divergence between Europe and Asia as well as on the role of economic integration and globalization.

Introduction. 1. Global patterns of regional industrialization 2. Economic geography and economic history: a literature overview. Part One. Regional industrialization in Europe 3. Regional industrialization in Belgium and the Netherlands 4. Regional industrialization in Yugoslavia 5. Regional industrialization in Italy. Part Two. Regional industrialization in Asia 6. Regional industrialization in China: the basic metals sector 7. Regional industrialization in China: the Yangtze and Zhujiang regions 8. Regional industrialization in Japan. Part Three. Theories on regional industrialization 9. Regional industrialization: determinants of industrial location 10. Regional industrialization: evidence on industry agglomeration 11. Regional industrialization: role of industrial policy

Bas van Leeuwen is Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Social History.

Robin C. M. Philips is PhD Researcher at Utrecht University and the International Institute of Social History.

Erik Buyst is a full professor in economics at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.

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