| Lead Manufacturing in Britain: A History Contributor(s): Rowe, D. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 113808171X ISBN-13: 9781138081710 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Natural Resource Extraction - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Environmental Economics |
| Dewey: 041 |
| Series: Routledge Library Editions: Environmental and Natural Resour |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.41 lbs) 462 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1983. Extensive research into the archives of the lead industry has culminated in this comprehensive and fascinating account of the industry from the earliest times to the 1980's. It traces the origins of the various types of lead manufacturing and the nineteenth-century expansion of the industry. The technological changes within the industry are traced in detail, and an appraisal of modern industry and its future prospects concluded this definitive and very readable history of the lead industry. |