Industrialisation & industrial history books

The McIlhenny Co run by a family of matchless characters who believe in a rigid code of family loyalty, clings to...  Read More >>

By the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the seven home dockyards of the British Royal Navy employed a workforce of nearly...  Read More >>

This multi-disciplinary monograph provides the first comprehensive analysis of industrial development in Ireland...  Read More >>

A compelling account of the life of one of the great pioneers of electrical science Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925)....  Read More >>

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This book is a remarkable portrait of Edward J. Phelan (1888-1967), who dedicated his life to social justice and...  Read More >>

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Chandler argues that only with consistent attention to research and development and an emphasis on long-term corporate...  Read More >>

Explores the ways that artists have looked at the world that was created by heavy industry over more than two centuries....  Read More >>

Germany's rise from newly formed nation-state on the European continent to global industrial power during the late...  Read More >>

A landmark new history of the making of the Erie Canal and the extraordinary consequences of its completion  Read More >>

A revealing history of human impact in the Canadian North, this book focuses on the causes and consequences of the...  Read More >>

The company town, source of so much of Canada's wealth, was-and is-a place with nowhere to hide. First published...  Read More >>

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Trains have a nostalgic connotation for most Americans. This title argues that we should be looking to rail lines...  Read More >>

The first in-depth history of the Campbell Soup Company and its workers, this book is also a broader exploration...  Read More >>

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A study of US aircraft, aviation technology and its influence in Russia, against a tumultuous political backdrop....  Read More >>

Overturning many common perceptions of the past - for example, that clock time and the industrial revolution were...  Read More >>

This volume of essays provides a comprehensive survey at national, regional and local levels of this key moment...  Read More >>

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Explores the history of East Germany through the production and use of plastic. This book investigates the connections...  Read More >>

Examines and explains the waves of urbanization across Europe from the fall of the Roman empire to the dawn of the...  Read More >>