The Chemical Industry in Europe, 1850-1914 : Industrial Growth, Pollution, and Professionalization /

This book analyses the development of the chemical industry during the Second Industrial Revolution in a large number of European countries. It is the first book-length study of the European chemical industry that pays proper attention to the importance of environmental issues, and to the role of th...

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Main Author: Homburg, Ernst
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Travis, Anthony S., Schröter, Harm G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1998.
Series:Chemists and chemistry ; 17.
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Summary:This book analyses the development of the chemical industry during the Second Industrial Revolution in a large number of European countries. It is the first book-length study of the European chemical industry that pays proper attention to the importance of environmental issues, and to the role of the chemical profession both in industrial and in environmental matters. It is intended for a large audience of historians of technology and chemistry, social historians, economic and business historians, and historians of the environment.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 345 pages)
ISBN:9789401732536 (electronic bk.)
9401732531 (electronic bk.)