Industrial Britain Under the Regency: The Diaries of Escher, Bodmer, May and de Gallois 1814-18

by W.O. Henderson

Book Overview

In this book W. O. Henderson has brought together in English translation the journals of four foreign visitors who travelled in England and Scotland in the years immediately following the Napoleonic wars, in a way which may be regarded as a sequel to his recent book on J. C. Fischer's diaries of industrial Britain.

Two of the travellers whose journals are included in this volume were Swiss industrialists. Hans Caspar Escher was both a professional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138865273
• ISBN13: 9781138865273
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"