A wonderfully affirming review from acclaimed author

 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