Pilkington Brothers and the glass industry / T.C. Barker
1960, First Edition. London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Very good cloth copy in a good, somewhat edge-torn and foxed dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #464393
Physical description; 296 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, genealogical tables, plans, portraits ; 26 cm. Contents; The family background -- The historical background to the flat glass industry in Britain -- An unpromising start -- The collapse of a competitor and the struggle for survival -- The introduction of a new technique -- Years of contrast -- A labour crisis -- The removal of British competition -- Competition from Belgium and consolidation at St. Helens -- Expansion once more -- Labour relations and welfare services in the later years of the nineteenth century -- Colliery affairs -- International, technical, and other developments, 1900-1914 -- Epilogue, 1914-1959. Subjects; Pilkington Brothers (Firm). History. Glass manufacture. Great Britain. History. Plate glass. Glass trade. Great Britain. History.
Price: €25.00