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20 papers from a conference called in celebration of the 300th anniversary of Abraham Darby's successful attempt to smelt iron ore using coke in 1709, which focus on processes of industrialization. The papers are on three broad topics: metallurgy; the wider social and environmental 'footprints' of industrialization; and the ways in which the heritage of industrialization is managed and interpreted today. Running as a constant thread through all of these areas is the role which Ironbridge has played both in the past and in the present.

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Author:   Sir Neil Cossons ,  Paul Belford ,  Marilyn Palmer ,  Roger H. White
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Volume:   523
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   1.184kg
ISBN:  

9781407307275

ISBN 10:   1407307274
Pages:   297
Publication Date:   31 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword (Sir Neil Cossons); Introduction (Paul Belford and Roger White) 1) Ironworks to museum: Coalbrookdale 1709-2009 (Michael Darby); 2) Vegetation changes in former mining and metalworking areas of Wales and Ireland during prehistoric and medieval times (Tim Mighall, Simon Timberlake and Peter Crew); 3) Early industrialisation in a typical German upland region (Gerhard Ermischer); 4) Before the Lunar Society: the evidence for early post-medieval industrialisation in Birmingham (Chris Hewitson); 5) Technological advance in the Severn Gorge (Peter King); 6) New men on the block - Sheffield steelmen in the Cutlers' Company (Joan Unwin); 7) Steel away: the Trenton Steel Works and the struggle for American manufacturing independence (Richard W. Hunter and Ian C. Burrow); 8) Advancing the work of Prometheus: the impact of artificial light in the workplace and beyond (Ian West); 9) Bath in the Industrial Revolution: the harmony of tourism, trade, and innovation (Colin J. Axon and Stuart Burroughs); 10) A cast iron legacy: remembering theroots of an industrial village in Nottinghamshire (Emily Gillott); 11) Recording and protecting Glasgow's water supply Miriam McDonald, Jelle Muylle and Miles Oglethorpe); 12) Diversity in structure: evidence for globalisation and local interaction in the archaeology, architecture and cultural tourism of industrial communities in Wales (Stephen Hughes); 13) Excavating the cotton mill: towards a research framework for the below-ground remains of the textile industry (Michael Nevell); 14) Projects ongoing:reflections on archaeology and industrial heritage in the Ironbridge Gorge (Paul Belford); 15) South-east Wales industrial ironworks landscapes (Richard Roberts); 16) Detritus or artefact? Examining archaeological approaches to the preservation and presentation of nineteenth and twentieth century industrial workshops (William Mitchell and Samantha Hepburn); 17) The Clee Hills: concrete heritage, missed opportunities and an extraordinary landscape (Roger White); 18) Industrial Heritage in the Greater Region (Norbert Mendgen); 19) Industrial World Heritage Sites: shifting perceptions from icons to cultural landscapes (Keith Falconer); 20) National and regional plans on industrial heritage in Spain: how can we complete the puzzle? (Carmen Hidalgo Giralt andPablo Sánchez Pérez); 21) New life for old industrial archaeology records (Martin Newman); Appendix: Grey literature reports produced by the Ironbridge archaeology unit.

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Paul Belford, Marilyn Palmer and Roger White with a foreword by Sir Neil Cossons

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