ABSTRACT
A straightforward economic history of the iron industry—and here one is thinking of the coke-iron industry during the period from 1760 (when Dowlais and Carron, the two giants of the modern industry, came into production) to 1870 when the age of steel comes into being—would treat the following subjects:
Technology.
Growth—output, location, markets.
Organisation and integration, large firms, associations.
Labour in the industry.
