Industrialisation & industrial history books

2392 books were found.

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: 9780820362861
Format: Hardback
$303.47

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

Rise of the Mining Royalty Companies

Rise of the Mining Royalty Companies

Author: Douglas Silver
ISBN: 9780873354974
Format: Hardback
$366.96

The modern public mining royalty and streaming industry began in 1986 and has since grown to approximately $66 billion...  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: 9780826505583
Format: Hardback
$263.87

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

Industry and Development in Argentina: An Intellectual History, 1914–1980

Industry and Development in Argentina: An Intellectual...

Author: Marcelo Rougier ,  James Brennan
ISBN: 9781032398365
Format: Hardback
$326.00

This book explores the twists and turns in Argentina’s modern economic history and the debates around how to achieve...  Read More >>

She's a Beauty!: The Story of the First Holdens

She's a Beauty!: The Story of the First Holdens

Author: Don Loffler
ISBN: 9781743059470
Format: Hardback
$59.95

She's a Beauty! is back in print. Now in two volumes, this lavishly illustrated first volume documents the Holden...  Read More >>

The Mercenary River: Private Greed, Public Good: A History of London's Water

The Mercenary River: Private Greed, Public Good: A History...

Author: Nick Higham
ISBN: 9781472283863
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A revelatory history of one of the UK's much-loved rivers which runs through the world's best-known city, and how...  Read More >>

Artisans Abroad: British Migrant Workers in Industrialising Europe, 1815-1870

Artisans Abroad: British Migrant Workers in Industrialising...

Author: Fabrice Bensimon (historian of the nineteenth century, Professor in British history, Sorbonne Université)
ISBN: 9780198835844
Format: Hardback
$195.95

Between 1815 and 1870, when European industrialisation was in its infancy and Britain enjoyed a technological lead,...  Read More >>

The Business of Emotions in Modern History

The Business of Emotions in Modern History

Author: Mandy L. Cooper ,  Dr Andrew Popp (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
ISBN: 9781350262492
Format: Hardback
$170.00

The Business of Emotions in Modern History shows how businesses, from individual entrepreneurs to family firms and...  Read More >>

The History of Thyssen: Family, Industry and Culture in the 20th Century

The History of Thyssen: Family, Industry and Culture...

Author: Gunther Schulz ,  Margit Szoelloesi-Janze
ISBN: 9781800739024
Format: Hardback
$230.29

As a result of a multi-volume research project, funded by the Thyssen Foundations (Stiftung zur Industriegeschichte...  Read More >>

Who Stole the Secret to the Industrial Revolution?: The Real Story behind Richard Arkwright and the Water Frame

Who Stole the Secret to the Industrial Revolution?:...

Author: Glynis Cooper
ISBN: 9781473875913
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Startling revision of English history Italy's contribution to the Industrial Revolution and why much of the initial...  Read More >>

Provincial Police Reform in Early Victorian England: Cambridge, 1835–1856

Provincial Police Reform in Early Victorian England:...

Author: Roger Swift (University of Chester, UK)
ISBN: 9780367688738
Format: Paperback
$79.99

"This original study of the ""New Police"" in Cambridge provides a more nuanced picture of policing in early-Victorian...  Read More >>

The Origin of East Asian Medieval Capital Construction System: The Ancient City of Ye

The Origin of East Asian Medieval Capital Construction...

Author: Niu Runzhen ,  Diana Gao
ISBN: 9780367768300
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Ye is a historical Chinese city built in 659 BC and burned down to the ground in 580 AD. The book investigates the...  Read More >>

First Citizen: The Industrious Life of Joseph G. Butler, Jr.

First Citizen: The Industrious Life of Joseph G. Butler,...

Author: Joseph Lambert, Jr. ,  Rick Shale
ISBN: 9781476690407
Format: Paperback
$64.90

A full-length biography chronicling Joseph G. Butler’s early life through his impactful career in the iron and steel...  Read More >>

White-Collar Unionism: The Rebellious Salariat

White-Collar Unionism: The Rebellious Salariat

Author: Clive Jenkins ,  Barrie Sherman
ISBN: 9781032393575
Format: Hardback
$179.00

Originally published in 1979 at a time when white-collar union membership had increased both in the public and private...  Read More >>

Collective Bargaining in Sweden: A Study of the Labour Market and Its Institutions

Collective Bargaining in Sweden: A Study of the Labour...

Author: T. L. Johnston
ISBN: 9781032393759
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Originally published in 1962, this book analyses and assesses the Swedish Government and structure of both trade...  Read More >>

Economic Crisis, Trade Unions and the State

Economic Crisis, Trade Unions and the State

Author: Otto Jacobi ,  Bob Jessop
ISBN: 9781032393216
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Originally published in 1986, this book analyses the impact of the changing economic and political climate on trade...  Read More >>

Comrades and Brothers: Communism and Trade Unions in Europe

Comrades and Brothers: Communism and Trade Unions in...

Author: Michael Waller ,  Stéphane Courtois
ISBN: 9781032396439
Format: Hardback
$194.00

Originally published in 1991, this book opens with a theoretical and historical section and analyses the affairs...  Read More >>

Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions

Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions

Author: Anthony Carew
ISBN: 9781032389844
Format: Hardback
$194.00

Originally published in 1976, Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions is a detailed and practical examination...  Read More >>

Economic Expansion and Structural Change: A Trade Union Manifesto

Economic Expansion and Structural Change: A Trade Union...

Author: T. L. Johnston
ISBN: 9781032394152
Format: Hardback
$183.00

The authors of this volume who are trade union economists, deal critically with credit policy; plead for free trade;...  Read More >>

Trade Unions

Trade Unions

Author: Kevin Hawkins
ISBN: 9781032392332
Format: Hardback
$194.00

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British Trade Unions

British Trade Unions

Author: Will Paynter
ISBN: 9781032394527
Format: Hardback
$183.00

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Trade Unions and Politics in the 1980s: The 1984 Act and Political Funds

Trade Unions and Politics in the 1980s: The 1984 Act...

Author: Derek Fatchett
ISBN: 9781032378206
Format: Hardback
$183.00

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Trade Unions

Trade Unions

Author: Allan Flanders
ISBN: 9781032392103
Format: Hardback
$194.00

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Collective Bargaining

Collective Bargaining

Author: Clive Jenkins ,  Barrie Sherman
ISBN: 9781032393353
Format: Hardback
$179.00

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White Collar Workers: Trade Unions and Class

White Collar Workers: Trade Unions and Class

Author: Peter Armstrong ,  Bob Carter
ISBN: 9781032410401
Format: Hardback
$189.00

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