Industrialisation & industrial history books

2392 books were found.

Property, Power and the Growth of Towns: Enterprise and Urban Development,1100-1500

Property, Power and the Growth of Towns: Enterprise...

Author: Catherine Casson ,  Mark Casson
ISBN: 9781032000923
Format: Hardback
$263.00

Local enterprise, institutional quality and strategic location were of central importance in the growth of medieval...  Read More >>

Labour in the Suburbs: Political Change in Croydon During the Twentieth Century

Labour in the Suburbs: Political Change in Croydon During...

Author: Michael Tichelar (University of the West of England, UK)
ISBN: 9781032206394
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book is the first comprehensive economic, social and political study of the London suburb of Croydon from 1900...  Read More >>

Fading Neon Lights: An Archive of Hong Kong's Visual Culture

Fading Neon Lights: An Archive of Hong Kong's Visual...

Author: Brian Sze-hang Kwok
ISBN: 9789629375928
Format: Paperback
$137.28

Explores the inter-related components of neon signs, including each sign's unique visual aesthetic and design, the...  Read More >>

The Early Modern Town in Scotland

The Early Modern Town in Scotland

Author: Michael Lynch
ISBN: 9781032012261
Format: Paperback
$60.99

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Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City

Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater...

Author: Richard Campanella
ISBN: 9780807178546
Format: Hardback
$105.47

In the first full-length book devoted to ‘the world’s toughest drainage problem’, renowned geographer Richard Campanella...  Read More >>

The Radical Potter: Josiah Wedgwood and the Transformation of Britain

The Radical Potter: Josiah Wedgwood and the Transformation...

Author: Tristram Hunt
ISBN: 9780141984629
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A spectacular biography of the great designer, entrepreneur, abolitionist and beacon of the Industrial Revolution,...  Read More >>

Modernism in Late-Mao China: Architecture for Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Guangzhou and Overseas, 1969–1976

Modernism in Late-Mao China: Architecture for Foreign...

Author: Ke Song
ISBN: 9780367771454
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book investigates the architectural history of China in the Mao era (1949-1976), focusing on the rise of modernism...  Read More >>

Political Economy of Development and Environment in Modern India

Political Economy of Development and Environment in...

Author: Velayutham Saravanan (Velayutham Saravanan, Professor and Director of Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi)
ISBN: 9781032376950
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book captures the complexities of both development and environment, from the political economy point of view,...  Read More >>

The Miners' Strike, 1984–5: Loss Without Limit

The Miners' Strike, 1984–5: Loss Without Limit

Author: Martin Adeney ,  John Lloyd
ISBN: 9781032014883
Format: Paperback
$62.99

This book, first published in 1986, examines the miners’ strike of 1984-5 – an event that formed the decisive break...  Read More >>

City of Steel: How Pittsburgh Became the World’s Steelmaking Capital during the Carnegie Era

City of Steel: How Pittsburgh Became the World’s Steelmaking...

Author: Kenneth J. Kobus ,  T.C. Graham
ISBN: 9781538181720
Format: Paperback
$60.99

In this book, Kobus explores the evolution of the steel industry to celebrate the innovation and technology that...  Read More >>

Planting the Seeds of Hope: Indiana County Extension Agents During the Great Depression and World War II

Planting the Seeds of Hope: Indiana County Extension...

Author: Frederick Whitford
ISBN: 9781612498447
Format: Hardback
$84.70

Using the observations and reports of county agents, Planting the Seeds of Hope offers a behind-the-scenes look...  Read More >>

All Aboard!: Remembering Britain’s Railways

All Aboard!: Remembering Britain’s Railways

Author: Julian Holland
ISBN: 9780008467975
Format: Paperback
$32.99

From best-selling railway expert, Julian Holland, explore Britain’s historical railways in All Aboard. The...  Read More >>

Bricks of Victorian London: A social and economic history

Bricks of Victorian London: A social and economic history...

Author: Peter Hounsell
ISBN: 9781912260577
Format: Paperback
$49.14

Many of London’s Victorian buildings are built of coarse-textured yellow bricks – London stocks, produced in huge...  Read More >>

Carbon Sovereignty: Coal, Development, and Energy Transition in the Navajo Nation

Carbon Sovereignty: Coal, Development, and Energy Transition...

Author: Andrew Curley
ISBN: 9780816548668
Format: Hardback
$264.00

Offers a deep dive into the complex inner workings of energy shift in the Navajo Nation. Geographer Andrew Curley,...  Read More >>

Politics of Urban Knowledge: Historical Perspectives on the Shaping and Governing of Cities

Politics of Urban Knowledge: Historical Perspectives...

Author: Bert De Munck ,  Jens Lachmund
ISBN: 9781032320533
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book uses 'politics of urban knowledge' as a lens to understand how professionals, administrations, scholars,...  Read More >>

Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14

Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14

Author: Ralph Darlington
ISBN: 9780745339030
Format: Paperback
$51.72

New insights into one of the most important episodes in British labour history  Read More >>

Gwent Industrial Heritage

Gwent Industrial Heritage

Author: Chris Barber
ISBN: 9781398108721
Format: Paperback
$41.37

The fascinating history of industry in this historic Welsh county. Chris Barber has compiled this richly illustrated...  Read More >>

Cow Talk Volume 8: Work, Ecology, and Range Cattle Ranchers in the Postwar Mountain West

Cow Talk Volume 8: Work, Ecology, and Range Cattle Ranchers...

Author: Michelle K. Berry
ISBN: 9780806191911
Format: Paperback
$79.07

In a book steeped in the culture, traditions, and history of western range ranching, Michelle Berry takes readers...  Read More >>

Cow Talk Volume 8: Work, Ecology, and Range Cattle Ranchers in the Postwar Mountain West

Cow Talk Volume 8: Work, Ecology, and Range Cattle Ranchers...

Author: Michelle K. Berry
ISBN: 9780806191782
Format: Hardback
$171.60

In a book steeped in the culture, traditions, and history of western range ranching, Michelle Berry takes readers...  Read More >>

Carbon Sovereignty: Coal, Development, and Energy Transition in the Navajo Nation

Carbon Sovereignty: Coal, Development, and Energy Transition...

Author: Andrew Curley
ISBN: 9780816539604
Format: Paperback
$79.20

Offers a deep dive into the complex inner workings of energy shift in the Navajo Nation. Geographer Andrew Curley,...  Read More >>

Ten Engineers Who Made Britain Great: The Men Behind the Industrial Revolution

Ten Engineers Who Made Britain Great: The Men Behind...

Author: Anthony Burton
ISBN: 9781803991122
Format: Paperback
$39.99

The definitive history of the great engineers who were responsible for the industrial revolution  Read More >>

Poetry & Strikes: Trade Union Narratives and Legacies

Poetry & Strikes: Trade Union Narratives and Legacies...

Author: Michael James
ISBN: 9781800855403
Format: Hardback
$207.00

Poetry & Strikes examines shifting representations of strike action in the work of six British poets from the 1970s...  Read More >>

The Train Book: The Definitive Visual History

The Train Book: The Definitive Visual History

Author: DK ,  Phonic Books
ISBN: 9780241601563
Format: Hardback
$65.00

Offers a visual history and glorious celebration of all things train and track. This book traces the history and...  Read More >>

Practical Radicalism and the Great Migration: The Cultural Geography of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate

Practical Radicalism and the Great Migration: The Cultural...

Author: Thomas Aiello
ISBN: 9780820362854
Format: Paperback
$118.67

Traces the development and trajectory of the individual newspapers of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate, evaluating...  Read More >>

Continually Working: Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and  Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee

Continually Working: Black Women, Community Intellectualism,...

Author: Crystal Marie Moten
ISBN: 9780826505576
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Tells the stories of Black working women who resisted employment inequality in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from the 1940s...  Read More >>

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