Economic History of the British Iron and Steel Industry - Essays in Industrial Economic History With Special Reference to

Informationen zum Autor Alan Birch Zusammenfassung This book was first published in 1967. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Alan Birch, Birch Alan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2005
• EAN: 9780415382489
• ISBN: 978-0-415-38248-9
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Economic History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, Economic history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Iron, Steel & Metals Industries, Iron, steel and other metal industries