Studies in British Business Archives
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Drawing on historical records of the British brewing industry, this text contains systematic listings of particular areas and groups of companies. It has been designed to offer a working research tool to a range of economic and business historians. The listings presented have been compiled from many sources, including brewing companies, trade associations, record offices, libraries and museums. The book includes an introduction which attempts to highlight some of the questions a researcher might ask about the archive sources listed in this volume in relation to the development of the industry. The volume includes a brief history of the British brewing industry since 1750, a guide for the user and a description of the nature and use of brewing archives.
The pharmaceutical industry has changed beyond all recognition in the past 100 years. The modern industry is constantly in the news as new breakthroughs in medical treatment are announced, often provoking ethical and social debates about the implications of new technologies. This volume facilitates the study of the industry by providing information on the present location of pharmaceutical archives. The core of the book consists of a business-by-business guide to the industry's records. Each entry includes a brief history of the company, a summary of its surviving archives and a bibliography of related publications. Similar entries exist for trade associations and schools of pharmacy associated with the industry and there are two appendices listing small collections of records held and relevant public records. The historical compendium is supplemented by three introductory essays, written by leading academics in the field, outlining the history of the industry and describing the nature and uses of the archival records which it has created. These essays are supplemented by a select chronology of pharmaceutical legislation and a select bibliography of histories relating to the pharmaceutical industry in general. A users guide helps readers understand how the business entries were constructed and is supplemented by a glossary of terms used in this book As such, this book will no doubt prove an invaluable resource to researchers undertaking comparative studies of the pharmaceutical industry, the history of medicine and the retailing of medical drugs.