A clever idea to bookend the story of British manufacturing between the 1951 Great Exhibition and 1951 Festival of Britain. Based on extensive research and linking a whole plethora of British industries, this makes fascinating connections between the various drivers of the British manufacturing industry in the period.
Andrew Lownie is a biographer and literary agent and author of the superb Stalin’s Englishman
You can buy How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World from Pen & Sword Books
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