Spatial Evolution of Manufacturing : Southern Ontario 1851-1891 / James M. Gilmour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilmour, James M., author.

Series:

Research publications (University of Toronto. Department of Geography) ; 10.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manufacturing industries--Ontario--History.

Manufacturing industries.

Ontario.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Europeans who settled previously unpopulated and unexploited regions of the world during the 18th and 19th centuries of the world had two economic alternatives: subsistence activities or the production of primary goods for export. In general the latter prevailed and the landscape and economy were transformed. This study examines industrial growth in Southern Ontario, one of the most economically successful regions, from 1851-1891, a period when primary activities were still very important but also when today's industrial structure was clearly being shaped. Economists, geographers, and those in related fields will welcome this approach which unites regional economic growth theory, and an empirical examination of distributional and structural change in manufacturing, in a general explanation of the spatial development of manufacturing that is relevant to all export-based regions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Tables

Figures

Maps

I. Introduction

II. Export-base theory and general economic growth

III. Structure of manufacturing in south Ontario: 1851-1891

IV. Spatial variation in the structure of manufacturing

V. Distributional patterns of manufacturing: theoretical considerations

VI. Spatial patterns in south Ontario: 1851-1891

VII. Process in selected industries

VIII. Conclusion

Appendix. Classification of manufacturing by markets for output and areal allocation of data

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781487597566

1487597568

9781487595852

1487595859

OCLC:

1091701753