History of The Term
The term was used by Alfred Marshall in his The Principles of Economics (1890, 1922). Marshall talks of a.... "thickly peopled industrial district".
The term was also used in political struggle. The 1917 handbook of the IWW states:-
- "In order that every given industrial district shall have complete industrial solidarity among the workers in all industries as well as among the workers of each industry, an INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT COUNCIL is formed ..."
The term also appears in English literature. For instance, in a short story of 1920 by D. H. Lawrence, You Touched Me (aka 'Hadrian'):-
- "Matilda and Emmie were already old maids. In a thorough industrial district, it is not easy for the girls who have expectations above the common to find husbands. The ugly industrial town was full of men, young men who were ready to marry. But they were all colliers or pottery-hands, mere workmen."
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