Rise of the Entrepreneur
Details:
- Author(s) Gough, John W
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1969
- Pages 325pp
- Publisher Batsford
- Place Published London
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with 16th and 17th centuries in England and Wales and the emergence of modern industries and processes in a series of chapters on particular industries, viz: woollen cloth production; iron & steel production; coal extraction; copper & brass production including smelting and products; tin & lead extraction and smelting; gold & silver extraction based on activities of three entrepreneurs; salt production; saltpetre production; alum production; glass production; Fen drainage; etc. For chapters see individual BHE entries