The Rise of a Victorian Ironopolis: Middlesborough and Regional Industrialization

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Minoru Yasumoto provides a detailed and readable exposition of the rapid growth of nineteenth-century Middlesbrough, an industrial town in North East England that grew rapidly into the world's leading producer of pig iron. Combining original data from a wide number of sources with a lucid explanation of the town's history, this book is a valuable contribution to the study of urban growth in Victorian England.

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