Utilities and Industrial History

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis on the industrial history of delivering utilities.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The role of the consulting engineer in the electrification of the South Wales coal industry up to about 1926 3. The British gas industry, 1949 to 1970: A regional comparison 4. Industrialisation, pollution and estuarine rescue

About the author

John F. Wilson is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business and Law) at Northumbria University, Newcastle. He has published widely in the fields of business, management, and industrial history, including ten monographs, six edited collections, and over seventy articles and chapters.
Steven Toms is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Leeds. He is a former editor of Business History. His research interests are focused on accounting and financial history and the history of the textile industry.
Ian G. Jones is a Senior Research Assistant at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, winner of the 2022 Coleman Prize for best PhD thesis in business history, and won the John F. Mee Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management in 2018 for his contribution to the Management History Division.

Product details

• Authors: John F. (Northumbria University Wilson
• Assisted by: Ian G. Jones (Editor), Toms Steven (Editor), John F. Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032363516
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236351-6
• No. of pages: 102
• Series: Routledge Focus on Industrial History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, Society & culture: general, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, Economic history, History of specific companies / corporate history, Society and culture: general, Energy industries & utilities, Energy industries and utilities