Industrialisation & industrial history books

The updated and revised second edition of this popular series edition published in one volume provides a history...  Read More >>

The late nineteenth-century city acted as a magnet for the poor of rural Ireland, attracting them with the promise...  Read More >>

This history of the ‘long’ first millennium CE, from the period of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Colonial...  Read More >>

This history of the ‘long’ first millennium CE, from the period of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Colonial...  Read More >>

During the nineteenth century Liverpool became the heart of an international maritime network. As the 'second city'...  Read More >>

This is the first full-length biography of New York surgeon and social activist Stephen Smith (1823–1922), who was...  Read More >>

The book explores the effect of modern technological shifts on human society, showing that technologies are undergoing...  Read More >>

Food Mobilities tells the fascinating story of how we cook, shop, and eat in today's global food system.  Read More >>

An informal, informative introduction to lead mining in the Northern Pennines.  Read More >>

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A small town in 20th century Lancashire between the two world wars  Read More >>

The Buildings of the Malting Industry is a fascinating book on the buildings that have helped make our much loved...  Read More >>

Food Mobilities tells the fascinating story of how we cook, shop, and eat in today's global food system.  Read More >>

The story of entrepreneur George Elliot, containing first hand material and fascinating facts from the Industrial...  Read More >>

In the Shadow of War and Empire tells the story of how workers in Turkey, who were recategorised from imperial subjects...  Read More >>

The Derbyshire Miners (1962) examines the development of the Derbyshire coalfield and the growth of trade union...  Read More >>

"""Originally published in 2018 by University Press of New England""--Title page verso."  Read More >>

This book is about technology and how it has changed the lives of people on three continents over the last three...  Read More >>

Food insecurity in the North is one of Canada’s most shameful public health and human rights crises. In Plundering...  Read More >>

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This book is an edited collection focused on the professional evolution, experimental and enduring pedagogical approaches,...  Read More >>

Uncovers the central and leading roles of women in the development of organised consumer activism in the UK and...  Read More >>

Focusing on case studies from across Europe, this collection examines both the objective and the subjective aspects...  Read More >>

Provides the first survey of North Carolina’s furniture industry from its cabinetmaking beginnings to its digital...  Read More >>

Provides the first survey of North Carolina’s furniture industry from its cabinetmaking beginnings to its digital...  Read More >>