Wadsworth Prize Winners

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Winners

	Mr Five Per Cent: The many lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the world's richest man by Jonathan Conlin 3.64 avg rating — 206 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Crisis to Crisis: The Transformation of Merchant Banking, 1914–1939 by Brian O'Sullivan 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution by Priya Satia 3.42 avg rating — 163 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing by Marie Hicks 4.13 avg rating — 191 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Jet Engines in World War II: Britain, Germany, and the United States by Hermione Giffard really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lion Wakes: A Modern History of HSBC by Richard Roberts 3.64 avg rating — 44 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banking in Crisis: The Rise and Fall of British Banking Stability, 1800 to the Present (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series) by John D. Turner 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saving the City: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 by Richard Roberts 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Death of the British Motorcycle Industry by Steve Koerner 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masters of the Post: The Authorized History of the Royal Mail by Duncan Campbell-Smith 3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise and Fall of Great Companies: Courtaulds and the Reshaping of the Man-Made Fibres Industry by Geoffrey Owen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Industrial Enlightenment: Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760–1820 by Peter M. Jones really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Wadsworth Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defending the Indefensible: The Global Asbestos Industry and its Fight for Survival by Jock McCulloch 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Triumph of the South: Regional Development in the Twentieth Century (Modern Economic and Social History Series) by Peter Scott 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel (Government Official History Series) by T.R. Gourvish 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Renewing Unilever: Transformation and Tradition by Geoffrey Jones 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Insuring the Industrial Revolution: Fire Insurance in Great Britain, 1700–1850 (Modern Economic and Social History) by Robin Pearson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maritime Enterprise and Empire: Sir William Mackinnon and His Business Network, 1823-1893 by J. Forbes Munro it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Wadsworth Prize (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Telecoms in the Internet Age: From Boom to Bust to? by Martin Fransman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Barclays: The Business of Banking, 1690-1996 by Margaret Ackrill 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Geoffrey Jones 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Wadsworth Prize (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City of London, Volume 3: Illusions of Gold, 1914-1945 by David Kynaston 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings Wadsworth Prize (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849-1999 by Niall Ferguson 3.96 avg rating — 598 ratings Wadsworth Prize (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Business: The European Experience in the Twentieth Century by Youssef Cassis 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bank of Scotland: A History, 1695 - 1995 by Richard Saville 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steel City: Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Technology in Sheffield 1743-1993 by Geoffrey Tweedale it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Wadsworth Prize (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The British Brewing Industry, 1830-1980 by T.R. Gourvish 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Wadsworth Prize (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of the British Coal Industry: Volume 1: Before 1700: Towards the Age of Coal by John Hatcher 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings Wadsworth Prize (1993)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Provincial Insurance Company 1903-38: Family, Markets and Competitive Growth by Oliver M. Westall 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Wadsworth Prize (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Morris: Design and Enterprise in Victorian Britain by Charles Harvey liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating Wadsworth Prize (1991)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars