Industrialisation & industrial history books

A prominent Quaker, social reformer, political campaigner and educationalist, Joseph Rowntree reshaped his home...  Read More >>

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Even before the boom, Australia owed more to the shovel than the sheep. One of Australia's best and most lively...  Read More >>

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Offers an historical account of the US Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts which provides us with new and detailed...  Read More >>

Letters between a colliery manager and his employer provide valuable evidence for the growth and development of...  Read More >>

A rich history of America's Rust Belt-its riveters, rioters, and the generations it raised-tracing the culture,...  Read More >>

A celebration of a great industrial achievement A new angle on the perennially popular subject of battleships...  Read More >>

This book refines the history of globalisation by considering the variety of mobile people passing through and near...  Read More >>

This book provides a wide-reaching analysis of historical context, an account of the origins and development of...  Read More >>

Narrow gauge railways, so well suited to difficult, mountainous terrain, were built in many of the UK's most scenic...  Read More >>

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From Jonathan Glancey, the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography, comes his new...  Read More >>

Focusing on the impact of the Savannah River Plant on the communities it created, rejuvenated, or displaced, this...  Read More >>

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Focusing on mid-century Milwaukee, Eric Fure-Slocum charts the remaking of political culture in the industrial city....  Read More >>

This work chronicles the rise of Western Union Telegraph from the early years of telecommunications to its apogee...  Read More >>

Gambling on Ore examines the development of the western mining industry from the tumultuous and violent Gold Rush...  Read More >>

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This book is a detailed picture of the port of Liverpool in the 19th century. It discloses the history of dock and...  Read More >>

An account of how small machines and consumer goods that originated in Europe and North America became objects of...  Read More >>

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Running counter to the general decline of technological industries in post-Victorian Britain, optical munitions...  Read More >>