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Veins of iron run deep in the history of America. Yet it was Great Britain that became the Atlantic world's dominant low-cost, high-volume producer of iron. The author argues that the prolonged development of the American iron industry was largely due to geographical problems the British did not face.

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 1/15/2013 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780226448596, 978-0226448596
    ISBN10: 0226448592
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    Book Synopsis
    Veins of iron run deep in the history of America. Yet it was Great Britain that became the Atlantic world's dominant low-cost, high-volume producer of iron. The author argues that the prolonged development of the American iron industry was largely due to geographical problems the British did not face.

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