books.google.co.uk - The "Black Country" is an area historically known as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution—a thriving regioin built around deep coal seams, conjuring up images of fiery red furnaces by night and black, sooty citadels by day. Yet today the resource-rich region also features many striking public sculptures....http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Public_Sculpture_of_Staffordshire_And_th.html?id=RbfVkHMTC0cC&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePublic Sculpture of Staffordshire And the Black Country