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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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 208 ● ISBN 9780750954112 ● Mărime fișier 11.7 MB ● Editura The History Press ● Oraș London ● Țară GB ● Publicat 2003 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 2856550 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor DRM social