Renaissance: Scenes of Industrial Reconversion in the Nord-Pas-De-Calais Coalfield

by Jorge Ribalta

The Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining region, bordering on Belgium, is part of northern Europe's historical centre of heavy industry, which extends as far as the Ruhr area in Germany. With the end of coal mining in the 1980s, the Lille region transitioned to new economic activities, particularly within the cultural and creative industries, taking advantage of its strategic location midway between Paris, London and Brussels. After de-industrialisation and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462701598
• ISBN13: 9789462701595
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher