Author: Warren, Kenneth
Title: Consett Iron 1840 to 1980: A Study in Industrial Location
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, (1990). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xiii,193 pp. Textual graphs & maps.. ISBN: 0198232977. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Ironmaking in County Durham & the North-East to 1850; Cleveland Ore & Adjustments at Inlands Plants; Railway Accomodation for Consett, 1834-1862; Consett Crises & Expansion 1857 to 1870; Early Assessments for Development Planning; Re-equipment & the Reorganization of the Supply & Marketing Situation to the mid-1870s; The Great Crisis: Collapse in the Finished Iron Trade & Movement into Steel Production; The Creation of a Town & a Society, and of the Inertia of Social Overhead Capital; Consideration of Relocation in the 1890s; Consett, 1890 to 1914; Untavelling the Puzzle of Consett Success; The Great War; The 1920s: A Critical Decade in Consett Development; The 30s: Depression & National & Regional Organization; Consett Iron & the Redevelopment of Jarrow; Consett Works after World War II; The New Plate Mill; The Mid-Sixties: Consett's Location Challenged & Defended; Consett within the Briitsh Steel Corporation; The Progess to Closure, 1980; The Jarrow of the 80's? One- Industry Communities: Private & Social Costs.

Keywords: 0198232977 British Industrial History, Consett, Iron Company, Great Britain, County Durham, Steel Industry, Location, Economic Geography, Trade Economics