Industrial Revolutions. Volume 10. The coal and iron industries

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Collected academic articles and chapters [24 items] which have come to be regarded as 'classic' contributions to the subject of the development of coal extraction and iron production industries in periods of industrial revolution. Most, but not all, deal with the British experience. Includes an introductory essay by the editor. Sponsored by Economic History Society. Arranged in five parts: 1] 'The question of fuel'; 2] 'The foundations of British pre-eminence in coal production'; 3] 'The emergence of mineral fuel technology'; 4] 'Resource endowments, trade, tariffs, and the diffusion of mineral fuel technology in continental Europe'; 5] 'Coal and iron in American industrialization'