New actors in a modern services sector. The city of Bilbao (1900–1930)

Bibliographic Data

ID23036225
AuthorsJose María Beascoechea-Gangoiti (0000-0002-1473-3948, University of the Basque Country, corresponding author), Susana Serrano Abad (0000-0001-7626-0157, University of the Basque Country), ARANTZA PAREJA ALONSO (0000-0002-3141-624X, University of the Basque Country)
Year2017
Volume3
Issue2
Pages102-119
Publication date2017-05-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory of Retailing and Consumption (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2373-5171 • E-ISSN: 2373-518X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2373518x.2017.1329193
OpenAlexW2617203595
LanguageEN
Citations received1

In the early twentieth century, major Spanish cities lived a process of urban sprawl, population growth and economic modernization. The result was expansion, diversification and innovation in the services sector. Bilbao, a paradigm of the industrial city in Spain, experienced this change and became the centre of an industrial and service urban area. By 1930, almost half of the working population of both sexes were employed in the services sector. This paper analyses the evolution of that sector during the first third of the twentieth century, its composition and characteristics, its spatial distribution in the city and visible innovation indicators. For these purposes, special attention is given to the search for new and original sources.

Archaeology · Business · Civil engineering · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Industrial city · Industrial zone · Modernization theory · Population · Regional science · Secondary sector of the economy · Sociology · Tertiary sector of the economy · Urban planning · Urban sprawl · Demography · Engineering · Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions · Marketing · Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies

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