Industrialisation & industrial history books

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Urban Life in Nordic Countries

Urban Life in Nordic Countries

Author: Heiko Droste (Stockholm University, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781032387215
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Based on empirical studies, this book investigates the particular urban history of the North from the 17th century...  Read More >>

Mines of the Gwydyr Forest: Metal Mining Ventures in the Heart of North Wales

Mines of the Gwydyr Forest: Metal Mining Ventures in...

Author: Robert Vernon
ISBN: 9781838362126
Format: Paperback
$163.68

The updated and revised second edition of this popular series edition published in one volume provides a history...  Read More >>

Poverty, Children and the Poor Law in Industrial Belfast, 1880-1918

Poverty, Children and the Poor Law in Industrial Belfast,...

Author: Olwen Purdue ,  Georgina Laragy
ISBN: 9781800855427
Format: Hardback
$284.63

The late nineteenth-century city acted as a magnet for the poor of rural Ireland, attracting them with the promise...  Read More >>

The Long Millennium: Affluence, Architecture and Its Dark Matter Economy

The Long Millennium: Affluence, Architecture and Its...

Author: Mark Jarzombek
ISBN: 9781032244167
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This history of the ‘long’ first millennium CE, from the period of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Colonial...  Read More >>

Networks of Influence and Power: Business, Culture and Identity in Liverpool's Merchant Community, c.1800 to 1914

Networks of Influence and Power: Business, Culture and...

Author: Robert Lee
ISBN: 9781409406082
Format: Hardback
$452.00

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The Long Millennium: Affluence, Architecture and Its Dark Matter Economy

The Long Millennium: Affluence, Architecture and Its...

Author: Mark Jarzombek
ISBN: 9781032244143
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This history of the ‘long’ first millennium CE, from the period of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Colonial...  Read More >>

Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees: How Stephen Smith Changed New York

Pestilence, Insanity, and Trees: How Stephen Smith Changed...

Author: John M. Harris Jr.
ISBN: 9781032603940
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This is the first full-length biography of New York surgeon and social activist Stephen Smith (1823–1922), who was...  Read More >>

The Coming of New Industrial Society: Reloaded

The Coming of New Industrial Society: Reloaded

Author: Sergey Bodrunov ,  Tomi Haxhi Haxhi
ISBN: 9798887192864
Format: Hardback
$115.00

The book explores the effect of modern technological shifts on human society, showing that technologies are undergoing...  Read More >>

Lead Mining Land the Northern Pennines: Astride Auden's Watershed

Lead Mining Land the Northern Pennines: Astride Auden's...

Author: Judith Milton ,  Chrissie Peters
ISBN: 9781399952767
Format: Paperback
$43.96

An informal, informative introduction to lead mining in the Northern Pennines.  Read More >>

Industrialization in Ethiopia: Awakening - Crisis - Outlooks: The Example of the Textile Industry

Industrialization in Ethiopia: Awakening - Crisis -...

Author: Reimer Gronemeyer ,  Michaela Fink
ISBN: 9783658417932
Format: Paperback
$263.97

Ethiopia, though remaining one of the least urbanised countries in the world, has taken impressive actions to transform...  Read More >>

From Hope to Betrayal

From Hope to Betrayal

Author: Geoffrey Hayward
ISBN: 9781916732117
Format: Paperback
$38.76

A small town in 20th century Lancashire between the two world wars  Read More >>

The Buildings of the Malting Industry: The production of malt from prehistory to the 21st century

The Buildings of the Malting Industry: The production...

Author: Amber Patrick
ISBN: 9781837644285
Format: Hardback
$142.31

The Buildings of the Malting Industry is a fascinating book on the buildings that have helped make our much loved...  Read More >>

Food Mobilities: Making World Cuisines

Food Mobilities: Making World Cuisines

Author: Daniel E. Bender ,  Simone Cinotto
ISBN: 9781487526498
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Food Mobilities tells the fascinating story of how we cook, shop, and eat in today’s global food system.  Read More >>

Bonnie Geordie: The Life of Tycoon Sir George Elliot

Bonnie Geordie: The Life of Tycoon Sir George Elliot...

Author: Sophie McCallum
ISBN: 9781398102316
Format: Hardback
$59.49

The story of entrepreneur George Elliot, containing first hand material and fascinating facts from the Industrial...  Read More >>

In the Shadow of War and Empire: Industrialisation, Nation-Building, and Working-Class Politics in Turkey

In the Shadow of War and Empire: Industrialisation,...

Author: Görkem Akgöz
ISBN: 9789004416741
Format: Hardback
$409.20

In the Shadow of War and Empire tells the story of how workers in Turkey, who were recategorised from imperial subjects...  Read More >>

You Had a Job for Life – Story of a Company Town

You Had a Job for Life – Story of a Company Town

Author: Jamie Sayen
ISBN: 9781684581849
Format: Paperback
$49.95

"""Drawing on conversations with scores of former paper mill workers in Groveton, New Hampshire, Sayen reconstructs...  Read More >>

The Derbyshire Miners: A Study in Industrial and Social History

The Derbyshire Miners: A Study in Industrial and Social...

Author: J.E. Williams
ISBN: 9781032597775
Format: Hardback
$378.00

The Derbyshire Miners (1962) examines the development of the Derbyshire coalfield and the growth of trade union...  Read More >>

A History of the Cotton Industry: A Story in Three Continents

A History of the Cotton Industry: A Story in Three Continents...

Author: Anthony Burton
ISBN: 9781399057318
Format: Hardback
$75.00

This book is about technology and how it has changed the lives of people on three continents over the last three...  Read More >>

Plundering the North: A History of Settler Colonialism, Corporate Welfare, and Food Insecurity

Plundering the North: A History of Settler Colonialism,...

Author: Kristin Burnett ,  Travis Hay
ISBN: 9781772840490
Format: Paperback
$72.32

Food insecurity in the North is one of Canada’s most shameful public health and human rights crises. In Plundering...  Read More >>

Women'S Activism in the Transatlantic Consumers' Leagues, 1885 1920

Women'S Activism in the Transatlantic Consumers' Leagues,...

Author: Flore Janssen
ISBN: 9781474497985
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Uncovers the central and leading roles of women in the development of organised consumer activism in the UK and...  Read More >>

Food Mobilities: Making World Cuisines

Food Mobilities: Making World Cuisines

Author: Daniel E. Bender ,  Simone Cinotto
ISBN: 9781487509026
Format: Hardback
$144.90

Food Mobilities tells the fascinating story of how we cook, shop, and eat in today’s global food system.  Read More >>

Sawdust in Your Pockets: A History of the North Carolina Furniture Industry

Sawdust in Your Pockets: A History of the North Carolina...

Author: Eric Medlin
ISBN: 9780820365503
Format: Paperback
$86.99

Provides the first survey of North Carolina’s furniture industry from its cabinetmaking beginnings to its digital...  Read More >>

Sawdust in Your Pockets: A History of the North Carolina Furniture Industry

Sawdust in Your Pockets: A History of the North Carolina...

Author: Eric Medlin
ISBN: 9780820365510
Format: Hardback
$303.47

Provides the first survey of North Carolina’s furniture industry from its cabinetmaking beginnings to its digital...  Read More >>

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