Geographies of Post-industrial Place, Memory, and Heritage, Hardcover

by Rhodes, Mark Alan, II (EDT); Price, William (EDT); Walker, Amy (E

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Geographies of Post-industrial Place, Memory, and Heritage, Hardcover by Rhodes, Mark Alan, II (EDT); Price, William (EDT); Walker, Amy (EDT), ISBN 0367440903, ISBN-13 9780367440909, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "All industrialization is deeply rooted within the specific geographies in which it took place, and echoes of previous industrialisation continue to reverberate in these places through to the modern day. This book investigates the overlap of memory and the impacts of industrialization within today's communities and the senses of place and heritage which grew alongside and in reaction to the growth of mines, mills, and factories. The economic and social change which accompanied the unchecked accumulation of wealth and exploitation of labor as the industrial revolution spread throughout the world has numerous lasting impacts on the socioeconomics of today. Likewise, the planet itself is now reeling. The memory and heritage of these processes reach into thecommunities which owe the industrial revolution their existence, but these populations also often suffered adverse impacts to their health and environment through the large scale and rapid extraction of natural resources and production of goods. Through the themes of memory, community and place, working post-industrial landscapes, and the de-romanticization of industrial pasts, this book examines the endurance and decline of these communities, the spatial processes of industrial byproducts, and the memory and

• ISBN: 9780367440909
• Condition: Fine

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