Industrialisation & industrial history books

An investigation of the popular tradition of ‘Australia’s Little Cornwall’: how one town in South Australia gained...  Read More >>

More than just a railroad, the Southern Pacific was an empire, anchored in San Francisco, but stretching from Portland,...  Read More >>

Acid rain has changed the face of the Adirondacks, created political tensions between the Northeast and the Midwest,...  Read More >>

Acid rain has changed the face of the Adirondacks, created political tensions between the Northeast and the Midwest,...  Read More >>

The definitive volume on Shaker commercial ephemera  Read More >>

Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions....  Read More >>

If a building could speak, what would it say? What would it sound like? Would it be worth listening to? This book...  Read More >>

Tells the story of how scientists, engineers and doctors overcame three of the deadliest diseases rife in Victorian...  Read More >>

Caught In the Machinery examines the social, legal, cultural and political history of workplace accidents and injured...  Read More >>

Discusses about a way of life ended in Leicestershire when Bagworth Colliery, one of the oldest and longest running...  Read More >>

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A delightful and fascinating social history of Victorians at leisure, told through the letters, diaries, journals...  Read More >>

“A heartfelt paean to the pioneering breweries of the Midwest, packed with details and excellent photos. Land of...  Read More >>

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Provides an account of a bomb factory's impact on small town life in South Carolina. This title recounts the displacement...  Read More >>

Complementing general discussions with case histories of important organic institutions in various countries, this...  Read More >>

The real story behind the Industrial Revolution  Read More >>

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A Christmas hardback with tremendous sales potential. Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and...  Read More >>

Australians have become increasingly visible outside of the country as speakers and actors in radio and television,...  Read More >>

This book traces the emergence of the modern Chinese press from its origins in the western Christian missionary...  Read More >>

Presents an argument that postal network initiated cultural shifts during the nineteenth century, laying the foundation...  Read More >>

A history of the innovative practices in the San Francisco-area electronics industry that paved the way for the...  Read More >>

This study utilizes a wide range of new source materials to reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the port of...  Read More >>