economic change birmingham
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- Created on: 16-04-22 16:56
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- Case study for economic change: Birmingham
- early inventions - cotton processing machines, first medical xray 1896 and radar development during ww2
- 12th century
- de bermingham family purchased royal charter allowing a amarket to take place
- medieval birmingham
- 6 streets and parish church, black country supplied raw material for metal trades
- 1500s
- power from water mills and a busy town
- 1700s - industrial revolution
- inhabitants moved from rural areas to employment - 15000 population
- first factory established by matthew boulton with 700 employees in industrial process
- inhabitants moved from rural areas to employment - 15000 population
- 19th century
- cadbury family set up bourneville factory and model village for the workers
- metal manufacturing needed to supply food and growth of gun, jewellery, button industry
- midland terminal london to birmingham railway opened in 1838
- metal manufacturing needed to supply food and growth of gun, jewellery, button industry
- cadbury family set up bourneville factory and model village for the workers
- 1900-1950
- engineering, chemical and vehicle industry growth - austin car plant, bakelite
- continous population growth within city and from immingrants from rural areasand british isles
- engineering, chemical and vehicle industry growth - austin car plant, bakelite
- Place characteristics efore 1950s
- ethincity was mainly white
- unemployment - 1% and 60% of males had skilled jobs
- Environment - high pollution in rivers and air as there were no controls on emissions
- unemployment - 1% and 60% of males had skilled jobs
- ethincity was mainly white
- Industrial Decline
- 1970-1983
- earnings fell from highest in uk to lowest of any region
- global shift meant many factories were closed
- growth of service sector created new jobs in tertiary sector
- global shift meant many factories were closed
- unemployment - 1982 was 19.4%
- earnings fell from highest in uk to lowest of any region
- 1970-1983
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