Title: Title Wrong - Book Right!
Review: Amazon have miswritten the title of this book, it should be - the Shaping of A Technology. Nevertheless, this has no bearing on what is a superb study and I can only add my agreement to all the other reviews found here. I have had my copy now for a number of years and I am glad to see that Blake-Coleman's outstanding effort is still in print. It has its faults and the more I read and re-read it the more the flaws stand out. Yet its merits greatly outweigh the rare historical anomaly or technical error that may arise as research clarifies some particular grey area. Like Hamilton's The English Copper Industry (which undoubtedly is the benchmark for longevity and accuracy (1926)) I think 'Copper Wire and Electrical Conductors ' will become a standard text for all wishing to read a definitive economic history .
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