STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
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Stolen Heritage: The Strange Death of Industrial England by Anthony Warwick-Ching
Invaluable account of how Britain's industry has been destroyed
CO-OPERATIVE BACKER: Tom King
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THIS book is a unique study of how and why Britain’s enormous industrial development was halted and destroyed during the 1970s and 1980s.
Its author, Anthony Warwick-Ching, provides a sector-by-sector and company-by-company account, based on extensive research and wide and expert knowledge.
He begins with a brief history of the pioneering inventors and early capitalists who, during the 18th and 19th centuries, turned Britain into the “workshop of the world” and then provides a detailed examination of the history of specific sectors such as the railways, automobile, aircraft, chemical, shipbuilding, electrical engineering and textile industries, and explores the histories of a number of key iconic companies.
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