Copperopolis: Swansea’s Heyday, Decline and Regeneration

16 March: In the second lecture of the 2016 History of Capitalism series, Huw Bowen, Professor of Modern History at Swansea University, explored the significance of Swansea, the city at the centre of a world-wide trade network in the 19th Century due to its dominance of world output of smelted copper. Introduced by Hywel Williams, Senior Adviser at the Legatum Institute. More information: http://www.li.com/events/copperopolis...