'This is a most welcome guide to the archives of an industry which, as is pointed out in the foreword, 'has proved itself one of the critically important engines of British industrial growth since the Second World War'.' Economic History Review 'Historians of business and pharmacy will find this work of value. Major archival collections and large pharmaceutical ... Read morecompanies interested in the origins of the industry may also find it of use. Additionally [...] local and family historians will find points of interest. This is a very commendable book...' Reference Reviews '... this is a book - with its four comprehensive indexes - to be welcomed by all who are interested in the development of the pharmaceutical industry.' Business History 'As a reference volume, The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Guide to Historical Records should long endure - encouraging preservation/ making many half-forgotten sources readily accessible, and stimulating recruits to the history of the health field to work on the multifaceted history of the supply system for medicines.' Pharmacy in History '... this guide is excellent value and will assist as well as generate ideas for research in this area. Congratulations to the surveyors and editors whose efforts have provided such an invaluable work.' Medical History 'The development of the modern pharmaceutical industry in all its ramifications is a major research area... and for Britain at least historians now have an excellent guide to the original sources on which their work depends.' Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences 'A good guide to the records of the pharmaceutical industry, this volume will be of considerable value to historians of the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.' British Journal for the History of Science ' The Pharmaceutical Industry is a useful guide to an industry which, as stressed in the foreword, 'has proved itself one of the critically important engines of British industrial growth since the Sec Show Less