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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810019603321

Autore

Pounds Norman John Greville

Titolo

The geography of iron and steel / / Norman J.G. Pounds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-50694-4

1-315-71642-9

Edizione

[Third revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Routledge Library Editions : Economic Geography ; ; Volume 8

Disciplina

338.476691

Soggetti

Iron industry and trade

Steel industry and trade

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1959.

Nota di contenuto

1. The art of science of iron-working -- 2. The ores of iron -- 3. The modern iron and steel works -- 4. United Kingdom -- 5. The Iron and steel industries of Western Europe -- 6. The iron and steel industry of the United States and Canada -- 7. The iron and steel industry of the Soviet sphere -- 8. The underdeveloped countries.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a survey of the world's iron-ore resources during the 1960s and the distribution of the iron and steel industries. There are specific chapters on the UK , Western Europe, the USSR, the USA and smaller sections on Africa, Latin America and South East Asia. Particular attention is paid to the political aspects of the steel industry, for example in Post-War Germany.