Determinants in the Evolution of the European Chemical Industry, 1900-1939. New technologies, political frameworks, markets and companies
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- Author(s) Travis, Anthony S, Harm G Schroter, Ernest Homburg & Peter J T Morris (eds)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1998
- Pages 393pp; illus
- Publisher Kluwer Academic
- Place Published Dordrecht
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- Country England
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Comprises 16 conference papers dealing with the chemical industry in 20th century to 1939 and sometimes throughout 1939-45. A focus is the fertilizer industry and another is the interwar period. Covers 'technologies, particularly chemical engineering and the control of processes, research in industry and countries that were not mentioned in previous literature'. Structured in five parts: Part 1] 'A new technology for the 20th century'; Part 2] 'The impact and burden of the First World War'; Part 3] 'Science and industry'; Part 4] 'Different routes to competitive advantages'; Part 5] 'State intervention and industrial autarky'. For relevant papers see individual BHE entries