Industrialisation & industrial history books

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Averting a Great Divergence: State and Economy in Japan, 1868-1937

Averting a Great Divergence: State and Economy in Japan,...

Author: Peer Vries (Institute of Social History, the Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781350196179
Format: Paperback
$64.99

The most significant debate in global economic history over the past twenty years has dealt with the Great Divergence,...  Read More >>

The Knight who invented Champagne: How Sir Kenelm Digby developed strong glass bottles - verre Anglais - which enabled wine and cider-makers to produce bottle-fermented sparkling wines and ciders

The Knight who invented Champagne: How Sir Kenelm Digby...

Author: Stephen Skelton
ISBN: 9781916329621
Format: Paperback
$77.63

'The Knight who invented Champagne' is the story of how developments in the British glass industry in the early...  Read More >>

Industrial Letchworth: The first garden city 1903-1920

Industrial Letchworth: The first garden city 1903-1920...

Author: Letchworth Local History Research Group
ISBN: 9781912260287
Format: Paperback
$38.79

In spite of being named the first 'Garden City', Letchworth was conceived as a model industrial town built on enterprise...  Read More >>

Locomotives of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Locomotives of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...

Author: Anthony Dawson
ISBN: 9781526763983
Format: Hardback
$90.00

In-depth archival research  Read More >>

Between Depression and Disarmament: The International Armaments Business, 1919–1939

Between Depression and Disarmament: The International...

Author: Jonathan A. Grant (Florida State University)
ISBN: 9781108448505
Format: Paperback
$80.19

Jonathan A. Grant analyzes the connections between private business, disarmament, and re-armament as they affected...  Read More >>

Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century: Hannah's Daughter

Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century: Hannah's...

Author: Margaret Hedley ,  Chris Lloyd
ISBN: 9780750995047
Format: Paperback
$37.99

The follow-up to Hannah's Story, this recounts the fortunes of Hannah’s female descendants into the 20th century...  Read More >>

Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines

Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines

Author: Henrietta Heald
ISBN: 9781800180277
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines tells the stories of the women at the heart of this group - from...  Read More >>

The Two Hundred Million Pound Strike: The 2003 British Airways Walkout

The Two Hundred Million Pound Strike: The 2003 British...

Author: Craig Phelan ,  Ed Blissett
ISBN: 9781800790599
Format: Paperback
$115.14

This book describes and analyses the 2003 British Airways (BA) Customer Service Agents (CSA) 24-hour unofficial...  Read More >>

Work and Labor Relations in the Construction Industry: An International Perspective

Work and Labor Relations in the Construction Industry:...

Author: Dale Belman ,  Janet Druker
ISBN: 9781138364783
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book aims to share understanding of best practice in the industries associated with construction and related...  Read More >>

Workers of the Empire, Unite: Radical and Popular Challenges to British Imperialism, 1910s-1960s

Workers of the Empire, Unite: Radical and Popular Challenges...

Author: Yann Béliard ,  Neville Kirk
ISBN: 9781800859685
Format: Hardback
$245.81

In most studies of British decolonisation, the world of labour is neglected, the key roles being allocated to metropolitan...  Read More >>

My Computing Life

My Computing Life

Author: Norman Sanders
ISBN: 9781527562165
Format: Hardback
$152.64

This book covers the history of an important window of the computer era from about 1950 to 1970. No one proclaimed...  Read More >>

Coal Country: The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization in Postwar Scotland

Coal Country: The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization...

Author: Ewan Gibbs
ISBN: 9781912702558
Format: Paperback
$95.01

The first book-length account of deindustrialization in the Scottish coalfields.  Read More >>

Coal Country: The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization in Postwar Scotland

Coal Country: The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization...

Author: Ewan Gibbs
ISBN: 9781912702541
Format: Hardback
$264.00

The first book-length account of deindustrialization in the Scottish coalfields.  Read More >>

The Last Potter of Black Burton: Richard Bateson and the potteries of Burton-in-Lonsdale

The Last Potter of Black Burton: Richard Bateson and...

Author: Lee Cartledge ,  Mark McKergow
ISBN: 9781789631838
Format: Paperback
$18.09

The story of Richard Bateson, the last potter of Black Burton and the pottery industry in North West England.  Read More >>

Troubadour on the Road to Gold: William B. Lorton's 1849 Journal to California

Troubadour on the Road to Gold: William B. Lorton's...

Author: LeRoy Johnson ,  Jean Johnson
ISBN: 9781607817796
Format: Paperback
$118.80

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The Davy Lamp:: Inventing the Miner's Safety Lamp

The Davy Lamp:: Inventing the Miner's Safety Lamp

Author: Frank James
ISBN: 9781907495595
Format: Hardback
$99.00

The Davy Lamp - Inventing the Miners' Safety Lamp: is a unique publication in the history of science, marking the...  Read More >>

Troubadour on the Road to Gold: William B. Lorton's 1849 Journal to California

Troubadour on the Road to Gold: William B. Lorton's...

Author: LeRoy Johnson ,  Jean Johnson
ISBN: 9781607817789
Format: Hardback
$198.00

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Micro-geographies of the Western City, c.1750–1900

Micro-geographies of the Western City, c.1750–1900

Author: Alida Clemente ,  Dag Lindström (Uppsala University, Sweden)
ISBN: 9780367350307
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines the overlapping spaces in modern western cities to explore the small-scale processes that have...  Read More >>

Oil and Gas in Russian History

Oil and Gas in Russian History

Author: Liubov Denisova (Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Russia) ,  Irina Mukhina (Assumption College, Massachusetts, USA)
ISBN: 9780415819626
Format: Hardback
$271.69

The oil and gas sector is currently one of the most important sectors of the Russian economy, and Russian oil and...  Read More >>

Cold War Cities: Politics, Culture and Atomic Urbanism, 1945–1965

Cold War Cities: Politics, Culture and Atomic Urbanism,...

Author: Richard Brook (Manchester School of Architecture, UK) ,  Martin Dodge (University of Manchester, UK)
ISBN: 9781138573611
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines the impact of the Cold War in a global context and focuses on city-scale reactions to the atomic...  Read More >>

The English Woollen Industry, c.1200-c.1560

The English Woollen Industry, c.1200-c.1560

Author: John Oldland
ISBN: 9780367731922
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This is the first book on the early woollens’ industry. Based on original research, it explains how the eventual...  Read More >>

A History of the Workplace: Environment and Health at Stake

A History of the Workplace: Environment and Health at...

Author: Lars Bluma ,  Judith Rainhorn
ISBN: 9780367739829
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Interest in the history of the workplace is on the rise. This book focuses on the new approaches in this important...  Read More >>

Wildfire and Power: Policy and Practice

Wildfire and Power: Policy and Practice

Author: Peter Fairbrother (RMIT University, Australia) ,  Meagan Tyler
ISBN: 9780367733087
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book analyzes wildfire preparedness and policy in Australia. Drawing on data from interviews with residents,...  Read More >>

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