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The main research objective of this work is the definition of the process
of industrialization and the creation of an industrial region in the area
of Northeast Adriatic in the period 1900–1940.
The main research objective encompasses five main research problems,
namely the characteristics of the process of industrialization in the selected
area and time, the development of industrial activities in urban and rural en-
vironment, the role of cities as carriers of the process of industrialization, the
impact of government policies and economic systems and the existence of an
industrial region in this area.
The methodology used follows the research problems. When conside-
ring the features, the course of the process of industrialization and the exis-
tence of an industrial region it relies on the Pollard’s interpretation of the
process of industrialization in Europe in the 19th and 20th Century. To de-
monstrate the development of industrial activities in urban areas and their
role in the process of industrialization it builds upon the Pollard’s approach
with the growth pole theory, that explains the emergence of key industries in
relation to regional urban centers. Further included are MAR (Marshall-Ar-
row-Romer) and Jacobs economics, which demonstrate the workings and the
impacts of national economic systems.
The main research method used is the economic and historiographical
analysis of functioning and business activities of industrial companies and
their plants (a total of 117 companies) in the selected area and time. Basic ar-
chival sources were records from the Chambers of Commerce and Industry
in Trieste, Gorizia and Udine, which collected data on companies, comple-
mented by records from the National Archive in Pazin (for Istria), the Cen-
tral State Archive in Rome, the Archive IRI (Istituto per la ricostruzione indu-
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The main research objective of this work is the definition of the process
of industrialization and the creation of an industrial region in the area
of Northeast Adriatic in the period 1900–1940.
The main research objective encompasses five main research problems,
namely the characteristics of the process of industrialization in the selected
area and time, the development of industrial activities in urban and rural en-
vironment, the role of cities as carriers of the process of industrialization, the
impact of government policies and economic systems and the existence of an
industrial region in this area.
The methodology used follows the research problems. When conside-
ring the features, the course of the process of industrialization and the exis-
tence of an industrial region it relies on the Pollard’s interpretation of the
process of industrialization in Europe in the 19th and 20th Century. To de-
monstrate the development of industrial activities in urban areas and their
role in the process of industrialization it builds upon the Pollard’s approach
with the growth pole theory, that explains the emergence of key industries in
relation to regional urban centers. Further included are MAR (Marshall-Ar-
row-Romer) and Jacobs economics, which demonstrate the workings and the
impacts of national economic systems.
The main research method used is the economic and historiographical
analysis of functioning and business activities of industrial companies and
their plants (a total of 117 companies) in the selected area and time. Basic ar-
chival sources were records from the Chambers of Commerce and Industry
in Trieste, Gorizia and Udine, which collected data on companies, comple-
mented by records from the National Archive in Pazin (for Istria), the Cen-
tral State Archive in Rome, the Archive IRI (Istituto per la ricostruzione indu-
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