Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District: An Industrial Epic (History Amer Science & Technol)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (841 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0817307087 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 672 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great read LOTS of info!!! Everything you need and could want to know to get the foundation of life at and during this time.. "A well written, extremely informative account of the history of Birmingham, Alabama." according to usaguyA well written, extremely informative account of the history of Birmingham, Alabama. I grew up in Birmingham and deeply grateful to Professor Lewis for the effort it must have taken to produce such a well versed yet thorough and full bodied account of the rise of Birmingham Alabama. A most rewarding read.. 1. I grew up in Birmingham and deeply grateful to Professor Lewis for the effort it must have taken to produce such a well versed yet thorough and full bodied account of the rise of Birmingham Alabama. A most rewarding read.
The sweeping narrative that Lewis has produced amply justifies its subtitle, "An Industrial Epic." a a ". The events recounted anda interpreted by W. This pathbreaking book tells the dramatic story of a unique manufacturing complex and the city that it helped to create. The rise of Sloss furnaces and Birmingham epitomized the emergence of the United States as the world's foremost economic power.a Similarly, the closing of a once-profitable ironmaking installation amid social and technological changes that convulsed Birmingham nine decades after the city's founding typified challenges that were facing America at the dawn of the postindustrial age. a Above all, aa"Sloss Furnaces "resonates with the
Layton, University of Minnesota. “David Lewis has produced a masterpiece in his Sloss Furnaces which deserves to be ranked with such seminal and influential works as Cash’s Mind of the South.” – Edwin T