Industrialisation & industrial history books

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Transport and the Industrial City: Manchester and the Canal Age, 1750–1850

Transport and the Industrial City: Manchester and the...
Author: Peter Maw , Rebecca Mortimer ISBN: 9780719083600 Format: Hardback	$183.99
Focusing on Manchester, this book shows that canals were at the heart of the self-styled Cottonopolis. Not only... Read More >>

The Telegraph in America, 1832–1920

The Telegraph in America, 1832–1920
Author: David Hochfelder (University at Albany, SUNY) ISBN: 9781421407470 Format: Hardback	$130.00
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Life on the Railway

Life on the Railway
Author: Anthony Burton ISBN: 9781841654133 Format: Paperback	$14.99
A fascinating guide to the British 18th century railway age and its affect on the lives of those around it, from... Read More >>

Life in the Mine

Life in the Mine
Author: Anthony Burton ISBN: 9781841654140 Format: Paperback	$14.99
Large-scale coal mining in Britain developed during the Industrial Revolution, defining the lives of many until... Read More >>

Life in the Mill

Life in the Mill
Author: Anthony Burton ISBN: 9781841654119 Format: Paperback	$14.99
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The Homes of our Metal Manufactures. Messrs R.W. Winfield and Co's Cambridge Street Works & Rolling Mills Birmingham': Archaeological Excavations at the Library of Birmingham, Cambridge Street

The Homes of our Metal Manufactures. Messrs R.W. Winfield...
Author: Chris Hewitson ISBN: 9781407310992 Format: Paperback	$139.73
With the redevelopment of the former car park adjacent to Baskerville House as part of the Library of Birmingham... Read More >>

Twelve Inventions Which Changed America: The Influence of Technology on American Culture

Twelve Inventions Which Changed America: The Influence...
Author: Gerhard Falk ISBN: 9780761860808 Format: Paperback	$60.95
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Beeching: 50 Years On

Beeching: 50 Years On
Author: Anthony Poulton-Smith ISBN: 9780752480923 Format: Paperback	$32.99
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History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Miners

History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Miners
Author: Anthony Burton ISBN: 9780752484785 Format: Paperback	$33.61
Mining is Britain’s oldest industry, and this book follows the men and, in the past, women who spent their lives... Read More >>

Mediating Labour: Worldwide Labour Intermediation in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Mediating Labour: Worldwide Labour Intermediation in...
Author: Ulbe Bosma (Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam) , Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk (Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam) ISBN: 9781107647374 Format: Paperback	$59.49
This collection of essays explains the evolution and persistence of various practices of indirect labour recruitment.... Read More >>

The Transformation of England (Routledge Revivals): Essays in the economic and social history of England in the eighteenth century

The Transformation of England (Routledge Revivals):...
Author: Peter Mathias ISBN: 9780415504591 Format: Paperback	$79.99
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Silver and Gold Mining Camps of the Old West: A State by State American Encyclopedia

Silver and Gold Mining Camps of the Old West: A State...
Author: Sandy Nestor ISBN: 9780786475155 Format: Paperback	$59.40
Covers silver and gold mining camps state-by-state in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,... Read More >>

The Islands that Roofed the World: Easdale, Balnahua, Luing and Seil

The Islands that Roofed the World: Easdale, Balnahua,...
Author: Mary Withall ISBN: 9781908373502 Format: Paperback	$15.50
An insight into life on the Slate Islands and a trade that ensured international recognition for Scotland, written... Read More >>

Traqueros: Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States, 1870-1930

Traqueros: Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States,...
Author: Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo , Vicki L. Ruiz ISBN: 9781574414646 Format: Hardback	$131.87
Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1995. Read More >>

A Better Way to Build: A History of the Pankow Companies

A Better Way to Build: A History of the Pankow Companies...
Author: Michael R. Adamson , Arthur J. Fox Jr. ISBN: 9781557536341 Format: Hardback	$118.80
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Mastering Iron: The Struggle to Modernize an American Industry, 1800-1868

Mastering Iron: The Struggle to Modernize an American...
Author: Anne Kelly Knowles ISBN: 9780226448596 Format: Hardback	$92.95
Veins of iron run deep in the history of America. Yet it was Great Britain that became the Atlantic world's dominant... Read More >>

American Abyss: Savagery and Civilization in the Age of Industry

American Abyss: Savagery and Civilization in the Age...
Author: Daniel E. Bender ISBN: 9780801478369 Format: Paperback	$75.01
At the beginning of the twentieth century, industrialization both dramatically altered everyday experiences and... Read More >>

Industrial Enlightenment: Science, Technology and Culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760–1820

Industrial Enlightenment: Science, Technology and Culture...
Author: Peter M. Jones , Rebecca Mortimer ISBN: 9780719089121 Format: Paperback	$36.99
This book uses a case study to explore the contribution which scientific knowledge made to the growth trajectory... Read More >>

The Tobacco-Plantation South in the Early American Atlantic World

The Tobacco-Plantation South in the Early American Atlantic...
Author: S. Sarson ISBN: 9780230111899 Format: Hardback	$145.17
A look at the extensive inequality and individualism in Prince George's County, Maryland, and the wider tobacco... Read More >>

Collapse of Dignity: The Story of a Mining Tragedy & the Fight Against Greed & Corruption in Mexico

Collapse of Dignity: The Story of a Mining Tragedy &...
Author: Napoleon Gomez ISBN: 9781608324149 Format: Hardback	$54.31
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Empty Mills: The Fight Against Imports and the Decline of the U.S. Textile Industry

Empty Mills: The Fight Against Imports and the Decline...
Author: Timothy J. Minchin ISBN: 9781442220829 Format: Hardback	$160.95
Deindustrialization has had a profound effect on both the textile and apparel industry. In Empty Mills, Timothy... Read More >>

Scotland's Lost Industries

Scotland's Lost Industries
Author: Michael Meighan ISBN: 9781445609171 Format: Paperback	$51.75
Michael Meighan takes us on a journey into a time when Scotland, despite its small size, produced the best of everything,... Read More >>

A Life Worth Living?: The Life of a Miner in the North East of England in the Late 20th Century

A Life Worth Living?: The Life of a Miner in the North...
Author: Ned Cowen , Louise Greener ISBN: 9781906619275 Format: Paperback	$73.92
Based on a first-hand account of a worker involved in campaigning for better rights and conditions for himself and... Read More >>

The Cult of Saint Katherine of Alexandria in Late-Medieval Nuremberg: Saint and the City

The Cult of Saint Katherine of Alexandria in Late-Medieval...
Author: Anne Simon ISBN: 9781409420712 Format: Hardback	$315.00
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Japan's Industrialization in the World Economy:1859-1899: Export, Trade and Overseas Competition

Japan's Industrialization in the World Economy:1859-1899:...
Author: Shinya Sugiyama ISBN: 9781780939360 Format: Hardback	$350.00
An analysis of Japan's industrialization in an international, historical and economic perspective, from the time... Read More >>

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