Sheffield Steel and America : A Century of Commercial and Technological Interdependence 1830-1930 (Paperback)

Introduction: Sheffield and the genesis of the American trade; Part I. Special Steel Technology: 1. The birth of the American crucible steel industry; 2. Science and art: Sheffield and American crucible steel technologies contrasted; 3. The response to a new technology: electric steelmaking; Part II. The Development of Special Steels: 4. The rise of alloy steels; 5. The evolution of high-speed steel; 6. Contrary to nature: the discovery of stainless steel; Part III. Sheffield Steelmakers and Toolmakers in America: 7. Transatlantic special steels I: the crucible steelmakers; 8. The rise and decline of Sheffield's high-speed trade with America, 1900?30; 9. Transatlantic special steels II: steel casting enterprises; 10. Quality pays? Sheffield and American cutlery manufacture; 11. Innovation and adaptation: the evidence of the sawmaking trades; 12. Men versus machines: the story of the file; 13. How Sheffield lost the American trade: aspects of the marketing of Sheffield products in America; Conclusion: a century of commercial and technological interdependence in steel; Appendix.