Industrialisation & industrial history books

This book examines the 1894 Pullman Strike, one of the most consequential clashes between labor and capital that...  Read More >>

Autoworkers in Oshawa unionized the General Motors plant in 1937 after a bitterly fought strike that pitted them...  Read More >>

Describes and reassesses the long-term industrial development of Dundee, emphasising the ever-shifting dynamics...  Read More >>

A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the...  Read More >>

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

A major reinterpretation of the relationship between the history of the working class and the history of British...  Read More >>

A rich and detailed look at the industrial history of the Black Country, paying particular focus on the 19th Century....  Read More >>

Discover more about Robert the Bruce and other unforgettable figures that made Scotland the great nation it is today....  Read More >>

Guiding the reader through the many guises of global economic history, this book uncovers its key issues, debates...  Read More >>

Guiding the reader through the many guises of global economic history, this book uncovers its key issues, debates...  Read More >>

This book is an appreciation over 200 years and a celebration of the area's rich historical features just as a new...  Read More >>

The Dutch United East India Company operated in Japan from 1609 to the early 18th century. The Dutch-Japanese relationship...  Read More >>

This book uses the concept of ʻarrival spacesʼ to examine the relationship between migration processes, social infrastructures,...  Read More >>

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM?...  Read More >>

This volume presents a comprehensive study of the urbanization of Bengal from ancient to postcolonial times. It...  Read More >>

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This book is about the grassroots community revitalization movement in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Lyon, France,...  Read More >>

The origin story of our modern oil age Petroleum has always been used by humans- as an adhesive by Neanderthals,...  Read More >>

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM?...  Read More >>

""Kaleta has written a deep-fried, wide-eyed American saga of family and food.""--Davia Nelson of NPR's award winning...  Read More >>

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

Motherhood, Respectability & Baby-Farming in Victorian & Edwardian London explores the largely obscured marketplace...  Read More >>

Water in the Making of a Socio-Natural Landscape explores the transition from early modern to modern water management...  Read More >>

This benchmark study in architectural, urban, and planning heritage conservation offers the first extended study...  Read More >>

""[An] enthralling debut…a beguiling history of Southern California, early industrial development, and U.S. empire.""...  Read More >>