LIBROS DEL AUTOR: stan henderson

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  • Barrow Steelworks - Continuous Casting
    Ken E Royall / Stan Henderson
    Since the end of the Second World War (1939-1945), there have been some outstanding technical developments in steelmaking (processes, techniques and practices), which have since been adopted on a worldwide basis. These developments include the use of oxygen in bulk; automation; high-speed rolling and continuous casting. During the 1950s & 60s, the works at Barrow-in-Furness ado...
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    22,26 €

  • Mister Jolson and all that Jazz
    Stan Henderson
    In his book, which is an appreciation of the popular art, the author takes us on a fleeting excursion through the evolution of ’pop’ - from ragtime to hot jazz and in to the swing era - a fascinating insight into the early Broadway Musical and the birth of the ’talkies’.The emergence of the Great American Song Book, and the influence of Al Jolson’s career on popular singing; hi...
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    22,59 €

  • Growing up in Hindpool
    Stan Henderson
    The history of Hindpool has been likened to a patchwork quilt, with each fragment, or patch, different in time, size, shape and colour. In his book the author has woven his quilt with the thread of family history and personal experience. The story starts with the arrival in Barrow of the writer’s ancestors, immigrants from Shropshire, who had come to work on the blast furnaces ...
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    20,84 €

  • Barrow Steelworks
    Ken Royall / Stan Henderson
    The 1880s were a decade of change for Barrow works with some of the main players departing the scene. The arrival of the basic method of steelmaking, developed by ‘amateur’ metallurgist Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, took away the lucrative position held by the directors and shareholders who had drained the coffers leaving virtually nothing for re-investment. After the Great War the ...
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    22,45 €