John Howard Brown asked:
 >Do you know of or could recommend any books about the economic history
 >of the steel industry? I guess more specifically, the steel industy
 >around northeast ohio.


I have just published a book on the history of the steel industry 
which may be helpful.

The cite is Rogers, Robert (2009) An Economic History of the American 
Steel Industry, London and New York: Routledge.

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