Birmingham was a renowned manufacturing centre by the 18th century and the city rapidly grew into the primary industrial centre of the Midlands. An account of Birmingham's heyday of heavy industry is recorded and the story is brought up to date with the story of the decline of heavy industry and its subsequent replacement by design, technology and computing. The proposed redevelopment of Rover's Longbridge site as a science park is symptomatic of this change.
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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9780750954112 ● Taille du fichier 11.7 MB ● Maison d’édition The History Press ● Lieu London ● Pays GB ● Publié 2003 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 2856550 ● Protection contre la copie DRM sociale