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Stolen Heritage: The Strange Death of Industrial England by Anthony Warwick-Ching
Invaluable account of how Britain's industry has been destroyed
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THIS book is a unique study of how and why Britain’s enormous industrial development was halted and destroyed during the 1970s and 1980s.
Its author, Anthony Warwick-Ching, provides a sector-by-sector and company-by-company account, based on
extensive research and wide and expert knowledge.
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