The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter: A Marshallian industrial district

European Planning Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1295-1325

  De Propris, Lisa ^a   Lazzeretti, Luciana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SPECIALIZATION;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34748856258     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310701550785     Document Type: Article

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