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The entrepreneurial society of the Rhondda Valleys, 1840-1920 : power and influence in the porth-pontypridd region / Richard Griffiths.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffiths, Richard, 1935-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entrepreneurship--Wales--History.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Wales--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Wales.
- Wales--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (378 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the first significant study of the entrepreneurial society created by the Welsh coal boom (most books up to now having concentrated upon the workers and the unions).
- Contents:
- Preface; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Note on surnames; The SouthWales Coal Industry; 'A dogged will, a fixity of purpose, a tenacity ofspirit': Siamps Thomas (1817-1901); 'A blunt, straightforward, and from head to feet anhonest man': Richard Mathias (1814-1890); The Rhondda Second Generation:William Henry Mathias (1845-1922), a Rhondda Notable; The Rhondda Second Generation:Some Other Major Figures; W. H. Mathias and Local Government, 1886-1919; 'The history of the undertaking is rather peculiar':The Cowbridge-Aberthaw Railway and theRhondda Connection, 1886-1892
- Further peculiar undertakings:Windsor Colliery,Abertridwr and the Parc Newydd EstateHeroism or Negligence? Siamps Thomas andtheTynewydd Disaster, 1877; The Albion Disaster, 1894; The 1893 Hauliers' Strike; The 1898 Strike; 'One of the greatest of theWelsh coalowners':William James Thomas's business interests, 1900-1925; 'Ynyshir's most noted citizen, the Principality's mostnoble benefactor':William James Thomas's manybenefactions, and his later years; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-299-20069-9
- 0-7083-2291-3
- OCLC:
- 664233661
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