International Competition and Industrial Change - Essays in the History of Mining and Metallurgy 1800-1950

List of contents

Chapter 1 Issues in the History of Mining and Metallurgy, Charles Harvey, Jon Press; Chapter 2 Serendipity or Economics? Tin and the Theory of Mineral Discovery and Development, 1800–1920, Derek Matthews; Chapter 3 Mineral Production, Organisation and Technological Change: The Coeur D'alene District of Idaho, 1890–1933, Roger Burt; Chapter 4 ‘Copperopolis’: The Rise and Fall of the Copper Industry in the Swansea District, 1826–1921, Edmund Newell; Chapter 5 The City and International Mining, 1870–1914, Charles Harvey, Jon Press; Chapter 6 Southern African Mining Interests in Australia Before 1939, Simon Katzenellenbogen; Chapter 7 Strategic Responses to Foreign Competition: The British Coal Industry and the 1930 Coal Mines Act, Trevor Boyns; Chapter 8 Metal Mining and Canadian Economic Development to 1939, Alexander C. Dow;

About the author

Charles Harvey, Jon Press

Summary

First Published in 1990. This collection of essays is intended shed light upon key issues in the history of mining and metallurgy: issues such as investment and organisation; professionalisation; the impact of technological change; and the problematic relationship between mineral wealth and sustained economic development.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Harvey, Charles (University of Strathclyde Harvey, Jon Press, Jon (Bath Spa University Press, Professor Jon Press
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.1990
• EAN: 9780714634104
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-3410-4
• No. of pages: 174
• Weight: 385 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, Iron, Steel & Metals Industries, Iron, steel and other metal industries