Industrialisation & industrial history books

2359 books were found.

Interurban Knowledge Exchange in Southern and Eastern Europe, 1870–1950

Interurban Knowledge Exchange in Southern and Eastern...

Author: Eszter Gantner ,  Heidi Hein-Kircher (Herder-Institut, Germany)
ISBN: 9780367609580
Format: Paperback
$81.99

"Around 1900 cities in Southern and Eastern Europe were labelled ""backward"" and allegedly had to follow the model...  Read More >>

Science in the Metropolis: Vienna in Transnational Context, 1848–1918

Science in the Metropolis: Vienna in Transnational Context,...

Author: Mitchell G. Ash (Universität Wien, Austria)
ISBN: 9780367612597
Format: Paperback
$81.99

"This book presents new research on ""thick spaces"" of scientific research and processes of interurban and transnational...  Read More >>

Urbanization in India During the British Period (1857–1947)

Urbanization in India During the British Period (1857–1947)...

Author: Dipsikha Sahoo
ISBN: 9780367369453
Format: Paperback
$81.99

This study offers a macro picture of the urban process under the British administration, showing how colonial capitalism...  Read More >>

Controversial Heritage and Divided Memories from the Nineteenth Through the Twentieth Centuries: Multi-Ethnic Cities in the Mediterranean World, Volume 2

Controversial Heritage and Divided Memories from the...

Author: Marco Folin (University of Genoa, Italy) ,  Heleni Porfyriou (CNR - ICVBC, Italy)
ISBN: 9780367545703
Format: Paperback
$81.99

Focusing on heritage and the uses of the past in the plural ethnic and cosmopolitan environment of Mediterranean...  Read More >>

Power of Flour: A Photographic History of Milling in Australia

Power of Flour: A Photographic History of Milling in...

Author: Paul Ashton ,  Jess Jennings
ISBN: 9781925043730
Format: Hardback
$59.95

As white settlement spread along railways and through the agricultural areas of Australia, almost every important...  Read More >>

Branded: Australian Flour Bag Labels Between the Wars

Branded: Australian Flour Bag Labels Between the Wars...

Author: Paul Ashton ,  Jess Jennings
ISBN: 9781925043723
Format: Hardback
$59.95

Colourful brands and packaging erupted in the 1920s and 30s, when tariffs killed flour exports to Europe. Australian...  Read More >>

Precious Threads and Precarious Lives: Histories of Shawl and Silk Industries of Kashmir, 1846–1950

Precious Threads and Precarious Lives: Histories of...

Author: Amit Kumar
ISBN: 9780367635046
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book studies the hitherto unexplored history of the shawl and silk industries of Kashmir, India.  Read More >>

The City and the Railway in the World from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

The City and the Railway in the World from the Nineteenth...

Author: Ralf Roth ,  Paul Van Heesvelde
ISBN: 9781472449610
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This volume explores the relationship between cities and railways over three centuries. Despite their nearly 200-year...  Read More >>

UNITE History Volume 2 (1932-1945): The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU): 'No turning back', the road to war and welfare

UNITE History Volume 2 (1932-1945): The Transport and...

Author: Roger Seifert
ISBN: 9781802076981
Format: Paperback
$18.09

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Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China: Banking on the Chinese Frontier, 1870-1919

Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China: Banking...

Author: Ghassan Moazzin (The University of Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9781316517031
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Drawing on German, English, Japanese and Chinese primary sources, Ghassan Moazzin explores how foreign banks financially...  Read More >>

An East Asian Route of Industrialization? The Case of Japan, 1868-1937

An East Asian Route of Industrialization? The Case of...

Author: Peer Vries
ISBN: 9789004518735
Format: Hardback
$472.56

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Middle-Class Life in Victorian Belfast

Middle-Class Life in Victorian Belfast

Author: Alice Johnson
ISBN: 9781802076912
Format: Paperback
$77.60

Middle-Class Life in Victorian Belfast vividly reconstructs the social world of upper middle-class Belfast from...  Read More >>

Cheese War: Conflict and Courage in Tillamook County, Oregon

Cheese War: Conflict and Courage in Tillamook County,...

Author: Marilyn Milne ,  Linda Kirk
ISBN: 9780870711954
Format: Paperback
$65.87

The authors of this book have conducted years of research through the archives and newspapers of Tillamook County...  Read More >>

Industrial Clusters: Knowledge, Innovation Systems and Sustainability in the UK

Industrial Clusters: Knowledge, Innovation Systems and...

Author: John F. Wilson ,  Chris Corker
ISBN: 9780367465223
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic of industrial clusters, with a particular focus on clustering...  Read More >>

The Mosaic Tile Company: History and Products, 1894-1967

The Mosaic Tile Company: History and Products, 1894-1967...

Author: Larisa Harper
ISBN: 9781476687957
Format: Paperback
$80.30

Chronicles the history of ceramic creativity in Zanesville, Ohio, from its earliest days as a bustling town before...  Read More >>

Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta: Essays to Mark the Centennial of the Elaine Massacre

Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta: Essays to Mark...

Author: Michael Pierce ,  Calvin White
ISBN: 9781682262054
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Examines the history of labour relations and racial conflict in the Mississippi Valley from the Civil War into the...  Read More >>

Electric City: The Lost History of Ford and Edison's American Utopia

Electric City: The Lost History of Ford and Edison's...

Author: Thomas Hager
ISBN: 9781419752988
Format: Paperback
$24.99

"During the roaring twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform...  Read More >>

How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World: 1851 - 1951

How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World: 1851 - 1951...

Author: Philip Hamlyn Williams
ISBN: 9781399015158
Format: Hardback
$75.00

The author was inspired by his family history to examine the British manufacturing industry.  Read More >>

Into the Gateway: Project on Power, Place and Publics

Into the Gateway: Project on Power, Place and Publics...

Author: Catherine Chaput (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) ,  Amy Pason (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
ISBN: 9781032193960
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book advances the trend toward field methods in rhetorical scholarship by collecting distinct chapters based...  Read More >>

Millstone Grit

Millstone Grit

Author: Glyn Hughes ,  Benjamin Myers
ISBN: 9781915068033
Format: Paperback
$36.22

Millstone Grit is Glyn Hughes' masterful work exploring the landscapes and culture of the West Riding and East Lancashire,...  Read More >>

The Kahans from Baku: A Family Saga

The Kahans from Baku: A Family Saga

Author: Verena Dohrn
ISBN: 9781644697559
Format: Paperback
$54.99

The book is a family saga, presenting an insight into the history of Jews in Russia’s oil industry. It leads to...  Read More >>

Abandoned Islands

Abandoned Islands

Author: Claudia Martin
ISBN: 9781838861155
Format: Hardback
$51.72

Exploring some of the world’s eeriest places, Abandoned Islands features American civil war forts, Europe’s last...  Read More >>

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