Increasing Return: A Study of the Relation between the Size and Efficiency of Industries with Special Reference to the History of Selected British and American Industries 1850–1910

by G.T. Jones, Colin Clark (Editor)

Originally published in 1933, this book presents a study of the relation between the size and efficiency of industries, with special reference to the history of selected British and American industries during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The text covers the London building industry, the Lancashire cotton industry, the Cleveland pig iron industry, the Massachusetts cotton industry and the American pig iron industry. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in economic history and industrial development.

318 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2007