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  • Pilkington Brothers and the Glass Industry

    par T. C. Barker ...
    Collections series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1960, Pilkington Brothers and the Glass Industry is a comprehensive economic history of the glass industry in Britain. It charts the story of Pilkington Brothers and the manufacture of window and plate glass in Britain up to 1914. The epilogue to the book discusses the events that impacted the glass industry from 1914–1959.The volume gives an extensive account of the family ... En savoir plus

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  • A Merseyside Town in the Industrial Revolution

    St Helens 1750-1900

    First published in 1994. This book is an outstanding product of St Helens, as remarkable in its way as sheetglass and Beechams pills. It is the first full scale nineteenth century history of a small industrial town as distinct from the bigger and better-known cities and as such it deserves to be very widely read and studied. ... En savoir plus

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  • Economic History of Transport in Britain

    Collections series Economic History
    Published in 2005, Economic History of Transport Britain is a valuable contribution to the field of Economic History. ... En savoir plus

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