Round About Industrial Britain, 1830-1860 / Charles Fay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fay, Charles, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industries--Great Britain.

Industries.

Great Britain--Economic conditions.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Here is a description of a lively and unusual tour of industrial Britain in the period which reached its public climax in the Great Exhibition of 1851. Professor Fay sets his tour in the heart of the "stream of industrial invention" in the fields of metals, machinery, transportation, and industrial arts such as spinning, weaving, and paper-making. We travel with him through the industrial sections of Britain, observing conditions in the steel industries of Sheffield, the mines of Merthyr Tydfil, the shipyards of the Clyde, and the factories of Bradford. We see social, economic, and financial conditions in these areas, presented often through contemporary documents, and meet such significant, colourful figures as Adam Smith, Faraday, and Robert Owen.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Maps and Illustrations

1. Adam Smith and the Stream of Social Education

2. The Stream of Industrial Invention

3. Patent Law and Commodity Study

4. Birmingham and Sheffield

5. Merthyr Tydfil and Birkenhead

6. Manchester, Bradford, Dundee-St. Andrews

7. The Clyde

8. Ireland-American Finance

9. With Faraday in London

10. Tasks Ahead

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781487596866

1487596863

9781487595159

1487595158

OCLC:

1091661513