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

This book examines the history of the concept of a North-South divide in England during the last millennium.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. Each of six essays concerned with different historical periods between 1086 and 2000 examines both the material geography of England, in terms of its broad regional differences in population, economy, society and culture, and the geography of England as imagined by people in those periods.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. Each of six essays concerned with different historical periods between 1086 and 2000 examines both the material geography of England, in terms of its broad regional differences in population, economy, society and culture, and the geography of England as imagined by people in those periods.This book specifically examines the history of the concept of a North-South divide in England during the last millennium, a concept which has surfaced in recent political debates about regional contrasts in wealth and welfare in England. Concerned with different historical periods between 1086 and 2000, six essays examine both the material geography of England, in terms of its broad regional differences in population, economy, society and culture, and the geography of England as imagined by the people of those periods.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, l³!