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OverviewThis book comprises a national study of the explosives industry and provides a framework for identification of its industrial archaeology and social history. Few monuments of gunpowder manufacture survive in Britain from the Middle Ages, although its existence is documented. Late 17th-century water-powered works are identifiable but sparse. In the later 18th century, however, the industry was transformed by state acquisition of key factories, notably at Faversham and at Waltham Abbey.In the mid-19th century developments in Britain paralleled those in continental Europe and in America, namely a shift to production on an industrial scale related to advances in armaments technology. The urgency and large-scale demands of the two world wars brought state-directed or state-led solutions to explosives production in the 20th century. Yhe book’s concluding section looks at planning, preservation, conservation and presentation in relation to prospective future uses of these sites. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wayne D. Cocroft (Historic England (United Kingdom)) , David Jones , Sue Wright , Ellen McAdamPublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Historic England Dimensions: Width: 21.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 27.60cm Weight: 0.980kg ISBN: 9781850747185ISBN 10: 1850747180 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 31 October 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsIllustrations Tables Foreword Acknowledgements Summary Résumé Zusammenfassung Introduction 1. ‘Success to the Black Art’ 2. The royal factories 1759-1850 3. Gunpowder manufacture in the second half of the nineteenth century 4. The demise of gunpowder 5. The development of the chemical explosives industry, c 1850-1914 6. The Great War 1914-18 7. Rearmament and the Second World War 8. The archaeology of rocketry 9. Survival and reuse Gazetteer Glossary Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationAuthor and archaeologist at Historic England, Cambridge. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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