Industrialisation & industrial history books

A Secret History of Brands cuts through the rumours and urban legends and paints a picture of the true dark history...  Read More >>

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In Silver by Fire, Silver by Mercury Saul Guerrero presents a chemical history of the refining of silver ores in...  Read More >>

The Evolution of American Urban History blends historical perspectives on society, economics, politics, and policy,...  Read More >>

In an era dominated by huge railroad corporations, Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads reveals the important role...  Read More >>

The aim of this reader - one of a set of four volumes on urban history covering the late 12th to early 20th centuries...  Read More >>

From Jean Baptiste Point DuSable to Oprah Winfrey, black entrepreneurship has helped define Chicago. Robert E. Weems...  Read More >>

In 1984, a small group of metropolitan homosexual men and lesbian women stepped away from the vibrant culture and...  Read More >>

From Jean Baptiste Point DuSable to Oprah Winfrey, black entrepreneurship has helped define Chicago. Robert E. Weems...  Read More >>

Developing societies failed to create their own technological base for progress. How did this affect the prospects...  Read More >>

The Ironbridge Gorge, a cradle of the Industrial Revolution, in the late 18th century was a magnet for writers,...  Read More >>

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His era should have been the 'magnificent age of British engineering' - the nineteenth century - and his heroes...  Read More >>

A landmark study of single-sheet publishing during the first two centuries after the invention of printing. Long...  Read More >>

This edited collection studies the role of students as a critical mass within their urban context and society through...  Read More >>

This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India. It looks...  Read More >>

Streetscapes are part of the taken-for-granted spaces of everyday urban life, yet they are also contested arenas...  Read More >>

Joseph and Winifred Gales, 18th and early 19th century newspaper publishers were giants of UK and US history. 230...  Read More >>

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This book, first published in 1982, examines the technology, conditions and customs of the harvest and, through...  Read More >>

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."".. the careers of three pioneering businesswomen--Tillie Lewis (founder of Flotill Products), Olive Ann Beech...  Read More >>