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Hinterland is a German word meaning "the land behind" (a city, a port, or similar).〔(Hinterland ) - pons.eu, Pons Online Dictionary〕 The term was first used in English in 1888 by George Chisholm in his work ''Handbook of Commercial Geography''.〔(Definition of the term ''hinterland'' on ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' ), britannica.com〕 ==Etymology and usage== The term ''hinterland'' refers to an area behind a coast or the shoreline of a river. Specifically, by the ''doctrine of the hinterland,'' the word is applied to the inland region lying behind a port, claimed by the state that owns the coast. The area from which products are delivered to a port for shipping elsewhere is that port's hinterland. The term is also used to refer to the area around a city or town. More generally, ''hinterland'' can refer to the rural area economically tied to the urban catchment of large cities or agglomerations. The size of a hinterland can depend on geography, but also on the ease, speed, and cost of transportation between the port and the hinterland.〔Allan Woodburn, (Hinterland connections to seaports ), unece.org, January 23, 2009. Accessed 2009.10.01.〕 In shipping usage, a port's hinterland is the area that it serves, both for imports and for exports. In colonial usage, the term was applied to the surrounding areas of former European colonies in Africa, which, although not part of the colony itself, were influenced by the colony. By analogous general economic usage, hinterland can refer to the area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted, also called the market area. In German, ''Hinterland'' is sometimes used more generally to describe any part of a country where there are only a few people and where the infrastructure is underdeveloped, although ''Provinz'' (analogous to ''province'') is more common. In the United States, and particularly in the American Midwest (a region of German cultural heritage located far from ocean ports), it is this meaning and not the one relating to ports that predominates in common use. Analogous terms include "the countryside", ''backcountry'' or ''boondocks''. See also the Bush of Alaskan usage and the Outback of Australian usage. A further sense in which the term is commonly applied, especially of British politicians, is in talking about an individual's depth and breadth of knowledge of other matters (or lack thereof), specifically of cultural, academic, artistic, literary and scientific pursuits. For instance, one could say, "X has a vast hinterland", or "Y has no hinterland". The spread of this usage is usually credited to Denis Healey (British Defence Secretary 1964-1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979) and his wife Edna Healey, initially in the context of the supposed lack of hinterland of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.〔 See, for example, (Roy Hattersley's review of Edward Pearce's biography of Healey ), and Healey's autobiography ''Time of My Life'' (1989).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「hinterland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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