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This unique biography merges working and personal life to outline one person’s experience of Britain’s de-industrialisation. From Neath-Port Talbot via Manchester to Sunderland and far beyond, the yearly accounts, intertwined with more intimate anecdotes, provide a convincing picture of what has gone wrong and what is right in British manufacturing. Philip’s account concludes where it started, proposing an exemplary plan of the decarbonisation that is required for regeneration, and to arrest the disastrous prospect of further climate change.
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A5 size softback book,
148 x 210 mm
184 pages, with many colour and monochrome illustrations.
ISBN 978-0-9930671-5-0
£20
(plus £3 postage & packing)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Now living in Ludlow but born and bred in the heart of industrial south Wales, Philip Adams spent a rewarding forty-year career in manufacturing, primarily involved in environmental management, occupational health and safety and human factors.
His previous books filled some important gaps in some local history of south Wales such as opposition to war, as well as transport and social matters, past and present.
He is still active in Ludlow, with his wife, Sylvia, in U3A, Ludlow 21 and Town Twinning with France.
The author says:
The author’s account depicts his experiences during the deindustrialisation of Britain in the last fifty years. His personal portrayal of working and travelling clearly imply that decarbonisation is essential, both to retain our country’s industrial and commercial competitiveness and to arrest the disastrous prospect of further climate change
BBC Bitesize says:
The UK has experienced deindustrialisation. There has been a decrease in the amount of manufacturing taking place in the country and a growth in the tertiary and quaternary sectors. Traditional industries, such as ship building, steel and textiles, have declined. This has happened for two main reasons:
• A global shift in manufacturing to emerging and developing countries such as China, where wages are lower, working hours are longer and trade unions are sometimes banned.
• An increase in the number of machines used to carry out work. This is called mechanisation.
Some pages from the book
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