Utilities and Industrial History
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
102 pages
978-1-032-36351-6 (ISBN)
Description
This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis on the industrial history of delivering utilities.
With contributions on the strengths and weaknesses of the creation of electricity networks, the organisation and performance of Britain's nationalised gas industry, and the environmental impact of delivering water and removing waste water, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history.
Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case-studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.
With contributions on the strengths and weaknesses of the creation of electricity networks, the organisation and performance of Britain's nationalised gas industry, and the environmental impact of delivering water and removing waste water, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history.
Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case-studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
3 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 4 s/w Zeichnungen, 17 s/w Tabellen, 7 s/w Abbildungen
17 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
157 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-36351-6 (9781032363516)
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John F. Wilson | Steven Toms | Ian G. Jones
Utilities and Industrial History
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08/2022
1st Edition
Routledge
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John F. Wilson | Steven Toms | Ian G. Jones
Utilities and Industrial History
E-Book
08/2022
1st Edition
Routledge
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Utilities and Industrial History
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08/2022
1st Edition
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Persons
John F. Wilson is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business and Law) at Northumbria University, Newcastle. He has published widely in the fields of business, management, and industrial history, including ten monographs, six edited collections, and over seventy articles and chapters.
Steven Toms is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Leeds. He is a former editor of Business History. His research interests are focused on accounting and financial history and the history of the textile industry.
Ian G. Jones is a Senior Research Assistant at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, winner of the 2022 Coleman Prize for best PhD thesis in business history, and won the John F. Mee Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management in 2018 for his contribution to the Management History Division.
Steven Toms is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Leeds. He is a former editor of Business History. His research interests are focused on accounting and financial history and the history of the textile industry.
Ian G. Jones is a Senior Research Assistant at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, winner of the 2022 Coleman Prize for best PhD thesis in business history, and won the John F. Mee Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management in 2018 for his contribution to the Management History Division.
Content
1. Introduction 2. The role of the consulting engineer in the electrification of the South Wales coal industry up to about 1926 3. The British gas industry, 1949 to 1970: A regional comparison 4. Industrialisation, pollution and estuarine rescue