The Rebirth of the Phoenix City—Sectoral Shifts and the Evolution of Coventry’s Economic Base

Myles Mackie
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Myles Mackie: Coventry City Council (Retired)

Chapter Chapter 9 in Revival of a City, 2019, pp 199-227 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In less than five years, the economy of Coventry collapsed. For a century, Coventry had been at the forefront of economic growth but in 1979–1983 the city was plunged into an unprecedented recessionRecession and became a depressed area.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22822-4_9

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