The Entrepreneurial Society of the Rhondda Valleys 1840-1920
：Power and Influence in the Porth-Pontypridd Region
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Publication subTitle ：Power and Influence in the Porth-Pontypridd Region
Publication series ：1
Publisher： University of Wales Press
Publication year： 2010
E-ISBN: 9780708322918
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780708322901
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780708322901
Subject： K1 World History;K5 European History
Keyword： 地理
Language： ENG
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Description
This is the first book to examine in a systematic way the entrepreneurial society of the Welsh Valleys. The book looks at the various sources of wealth in the area - coal, railway building, possession of land in crucial areas, contracting, building, property development, shopkeeping - and the various origins of the first-generation entrepreneurs.