Battersea's Global Reach. The story of Price's Candles
Details:
- Author(s) Newman, Jon
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2009
- Pages 48pp; illus
- Publisher History & Social Action Publications
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
- Name Ethics
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
An intelligent but short history of the business written by its sometime archivist with sections on 'Introduction of artificial light'; 'Edward Price & Co'; 'Working conditions'; 'Oil'; 'Reinventing the candle'; 'The history of ... [the] south London factories'. Refers to the businesses's application of scientific research, eg re stearine; its use of oil and paraffin for candle making and its oil interests; its ethical position on palm oil, slavery, etc; its employee working conditions and welfare