The East Anglia Road: The Zigzag Path of the Transformation of a Traditional English Agricultural Area

摘要: East Anglia, in the east of England, is a relatively independent geographical unit. As traditional agricultural area that was developed medieval times, it had distinctive economic and social features differed from those typical feudal areas. In process Britain’s transformation an society into industrial one, on basis its own resources, traditions strengths, kept exploring directions for development region, following zigzag path “traditional agriculture→proto-industrialization→commercialized agriculture” eventually finding orientation suited it. This Anglia reflects both complexity rise diversity paths to society.