Iron, steel & metals industries books

Originally published in 1989 this study examines the development of the iron industry in the USA between 1839 and...  Read More >>

Based on an industrial relations case study conducted in a British Steel plant in the north east coast iron and...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1983. Extensive research into the archives of the lead industry has culminated in this comprehensive...  Read More >>

Offers a historical account of the profound economic collapse of the Connecticut River Valley region, focusing on...  Read More >>

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The aim of this book is to reveal, through data and the use of simple economic concepts, the mistakes that abound...  Read More >>

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This proceedings brings together seventy seven selected papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on...  Read More >>

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First published in 1988, this volume presents an analysis of the public policy choices regarding the aluminium industry...  Read More >>

"An interest in the minor metals – termed ""minor"" as their annual production is relatively small – had been developing...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1989. This book analyses the decline of the steel industry, surveying the various factors...  Read More >>

This book covers the open hearth years, the actual process as worked at Barrow and the main changes the works underwent...  Read More >>

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Traces the evolution of written forms of communication at Lukens Steel from 1810 to 1925. This volume offers an...  Read More >>

In the early 1970s, the post-World War II boom in world metal consumption came to a halt. As time passed, it became...  Read More >>

This superb collection of archive photographs and informative text describes how the south Wales town of Llanelli...  Read More >>

This book uncovers a historical dependency on smelting activities that has trapped inhabitants of La Oroya, Peru,...  Read More >>

In Tales of the Iron Bloomery Bernt Rundberget argues that the ironmaking of southern Hedmark was an important basis...  Read More >>

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"Caribbean ""entrepreneur with a purpose"" Moonan analyzes at the intra-, inter-, and inter-industry levels the...  Read More >>

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This study, originally published in 1983, uses tin to examine how and why substitution takes place. The contributors...  Read More >>

This book brings together two areas of inquiry, the history of tin and its role in producing countries and the history...  Read More >>