1760-1914: No. 9 (Guides to Sources for British History) - Softcover

Historical MSSCommission

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0114402329 ISBN 13: 9780114402327

Publisher: Stationery Office Books, 1994

Synopsis

This volume describes the records of 1230 businesses engaged in some of the most significant sectors of British manufacturing industry between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War. It covers such traditional trades as iron-founding, lock making and silversmithing, charts the development of 19th-century innovations including large-scale steel manufacture and the building of railway locomotives and iron ships, and throws light on the early days of major 20th-century industries such as motor vehicles and electrical goods. The guide aims to incorporate research into many previously uncatalogued and little-known collections both in private hands and in record repositories. It provides a wide range of information for economic and social historians and for other specialists. Professor R.H. Campbell's introductory essay places the survey in the wider context of its potential use to such researchers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stationery Office Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0114402329
• ISBN 13: 9780114402327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200