Author: Rowlands, Marie B. Illust. by Bill Butcher:
Title: A History of Industry In Birmingham.
Description: Birmingham, City of Birmingham Education Department, 1977 Oversized pbk, VG+, contents fine and tight, pp60. Chapters include: the village by the River Rea; Market and Fair; Leather and Metalworkers; Ironmongers; Guns; Toys; The New manufactories; Boulton and Fothergill; Boulton and Watt; Canals and Gas Light; Railways, Chemicals and Engineers; Birmingham Industry a Century Ago; Competition and new trades; Changes in the Works; The First World War; Between the Wars; The Second World War; After the War; Since 1968.

Keywords: Birmingham industry agriculture education teaching commerce manufacturing 16th 17th century economy family forge ironmongers guns toys Soho manufactory Boulton Fothergill Watt canals railways chemical 0709300077


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