The Industrial Development of the Ebbw Valleys, 1780-1914

by John Elliott

This book is the first history of the Ebbw Valley, one of the major valleys of the south Wales coalfield. It is a study of a historically neglected, yet in some unexpected ways remarkable valley, both in its substantial contribution to the genesis of the modern industrial world and to the understanding of industrial change. Indeed some historians would assert that the understanding of change is best understood from the history of such places. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708318908
• ISBN13: 9780708318904
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 216 Pages