The Gwent County History, Volume 4

Informationen zum Autor Professor Chris Williams! Professor of Welsh History! Swansea University; and Dr Sian Rhiannon Williams! Senior Lecturer in Education and History! University of Wales Institute! Cardiff. Klappentext This fourth volume in the Gwent Country History series focuses on the industrial revolution and the far-reaching changes it brought to the county. It features chapters on population and population movements; rural economy and society; communications and commerce; the iron! steel! and coal industries; the Chartist Movement; and more. Zusammenfassung This fourth volume in the county history of Gwent/Monmouthshire deals with the explosion of industrial development from 1780 to the eve of the First World War! and as such is first authoritative treatment of the transformation of south-east Wales into a centre of the iron and coal industry.

Autorentext

Professor Chris Williams, Professor of Welsh History, Swansea University; and Dr Sian Rhiannon Williams, Senior Lecturer in Education and History, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.

Klappentext

This fourth volume in the Gwent Country History series focuses on the industrial revolution and the far-reaching changes it brought to the county. It features chapters on population and population movements; rural economy and society; communications and commerce; the iron, steel, and coal industries; the Chartist Movement; and more.

Zusammenfassung
This fourth volume in the county history of Gwent/Monmouthshire deals with the explosion of industrial development from 1780 to the eve of the First World War, and as such is first authoritative treatment of the transformation of south-east Wales into a centre of the iron and coal industry.