Alan Birch

Economic HIstory of the British Iron and Steel Industry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book was first published in 1967. This volume explores the history of the British iron and steel industry from 1760, tracking its development, relationship with the British economy, regional hubs, technological developments and the final triumph of steel over iron.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 641g
• ISBN-13: 9781138865327
• ISBN-10: 113886532X
• Artikelnr.: 42833609

Autorenporträt

Alan Birch

Inhaltsangabe

PART , 1. The British iron and steel industry 1760-1879 2. Iron in the
economy of England and Wales in the eighteenth century 3. The rise of the
coke-iron industry 4. The British iron industry during the Napoleonic wars
5. Ironworks and ironmasters during the industrial revolution 6. The
ironmasters' associations in the early nineteenth century PART 2 7. The
expansion of the industry, 1788-1880 8. The regional development of the
industry, 1788-1880 9. The advance of technology in the wrought iron
industry 10. The growth of large-scale industry: capital and enterprise in
the iron and steel industry in the nineteenth century 11. The iron trade
12. The ironworkers PART 3 13. The process of supersession: the age of
steel 14. The development of mild steel 15. The new factors of industrial
location: ores for steel 16. The triumph of steel over wrought iron