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The Gwent County History, Volume 4

Industrial Monmouthshire, 1780-1914

Editor(s) Chris Williams,Ralph A. Griffiths,Sian Williams

Hardback - £45

Language: English

Genre(s): Welsh Interest, History

Series: Gwent County History

March 2011 · 404 pages ·246x189mm

· Hardback - 9780708323656

About The Book

This fourth volume in the county history of Gwent/Monmouthshire deals with the explosion of industrial development from 1780 to the eve of the First World War, and as such is first authoritative treatment of the transformation of south-east Wales into a centre of the iron and coal industry.

About the Editor(s)

Author(s): Chris Williams

Chris Williams is Professor of History and Head of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University.

Author(s): Ralph A. Griffiths

Ralph Griffiths, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at Swansea University, is Hon. Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society, and formerly Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.

Author(s): Sian Williams