Swansea copper a global history /

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"This is a history of copper as a commodity, which focuses on copper produced in Swansea, Wales, and sold around the world. Between the 1770s and the 1840s, the Swansea district produced nearly half of the world's smelted copper. This book traces the history of copper making in Britain beg...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Evans, Chris, 1961- (Author), Miskell, Louise (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Copper industry and trade > History.
Copper industry and trade > Wales > Swansea > History.
Cuivre > Industrie > Histoire.
Cuivre > Industrie > Pays de Galles > Swansea > Histoire.
Copper industry and trade.
Economic history.
Swansea (Wales) > Economic conditions.
Wales > Swansea.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Baroque copper
  • Swansea's apprenticeship
  • Swansea's ascendancy
  • Global Swansea
  • Global fragmentation
  • The end of Swansea copper
  • Swansea copper in world historical perspective.

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