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The Rise and Fall of Imperial Chemical Industries
Synthetics, Sensism and the Environment
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- 176 pages
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Focusing on the history and decline of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), this book explores its impact on the Northeast of England, particularly Middlesbrough. Utilizing company archives, oral histories, and social media, it examines the social, environmental, and cultural consequences of ICI's presence and eventual absence. The narrative weaves in themes of industrial innovation, the production of Quorn, and the effects of industrial disease, encouraging creative reflections on the intertwined lives of people and synthetic chemicals, alongside speculative and science fiction elements.
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The Rise and Fall of Imperial Chemical Industries, Esther Leslie
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- 2023
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- Title
- The Rise and Fall of Imperial Chemical Industries
- Subtitle
- Synthetics, Sensism and the Environment
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Esther Leslie
- Publisher
- Springer Nature Switzerland
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN13
- 9783031374319
- Category
- Social sciences, History, World history, Theory and history of science, Nature in general
- Description
- Focusing on the history and decline of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), this book explores its impact on the Northeast of England, particularly Middlesbrough. Utilizing company archives, oral histories, and social media, it examines the social, environmental, and cultural consequences of ICI's presence and eventual absence. The narrative weaves in themes of industrial innovation, the production of Quorn, and the effects of industrial disease, encouraging creative reflections on the intertwined lives of people and synthetic chemicals, alongside speculative and science fiction elements.