Industrialisation & industrial history books

2411 books were found.

$Victorian Prism: Refractions of the Crystal Palace$

Victorian Prism: Refractions of the Crystal Palace
Author: James Buzard , Joseph W. Childers ISBN: 9780813926032 Format: Hardback	$118.80
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Auto Mechanics: Technology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century America

Auto Mechanics: Technology and Expertise in Twentieth-Century...
Author: Kevin L. Borg (Professor, James Madison University) ISBN: 9780801886065 Format: Hardback	$132.00
In the history of the American auto mechanic, Borg finds the origins of a persistent anxiety that even today accompanies... Read More >>

The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making...
Author: David Blackbourn ISBN: 9780393329995 Format: Paperback	$47.39
"""Brilliantly conceived....[A] tour de force in historical writing.""—Ian Kershaw" Read More >>

Science, Time and Space in the Late Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press: Movable Types

Science, Time and Space in the Late Nineteenth-Century...
Author: James Mussell , Professor Vincent Newey ISBN: 9780754657477 Format: Hardback	$194.00
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Work and Play: The Production and Consumption of Toys in Germany, 1870-1914

Work and Play: The Production and Consumption of Toys...
Author: David D. Hamlin ISBN: 9780472115884 Format: Hardback	$211.20
The development of toys in late nineteenth century Germany represents a valuable tool for understanding the influence... Read More >>

Ferranti: A History

Ferranti: A History
Author: John F. Wilson ISBN: 9781905472017 Format: Hardback	$62.10
Ferranti was one of the most successful firms of the 20th century and, as a centre of engineering excellence and... Read More >>

The English Factory in Siam 1612-1685

The English Factory in Siam 1612-1685
Author: A.J. Farrington , Dhiravat Na Pombejra ISBN: 9780712349284 Format: Hardback	$1056.00
Contains more than 700 documents from the archives of the English East India Company. The documents in this work... Read More >>

Moonpie: Biography of an Out-of-this-world Snack

Moonpie: Biography of an Out-of-this-world Snack
Author: David Magee ISBN: 9780813031576 Format: Paperback	$39.47
In the ninety years since the Chattanooga Bakery began producing MoonPies, the snack grew from a regional treat,... Read More >>

Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1920 [2 volumes]

Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution,...
Author: Christine Rider ISBN: 9780313335013 Format: Hardback	$322.95
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Never for Want of Powder: The Confederate Powder Works in Augusta, Georgia

Never for Want of Powder: The Confederate Powder Works...
Author: C. L. Bragg , Charles D. Ross ISBN: 9781570036576 Format: Hardback	$118.67
Illustrated with seventy-four color plates and fifty black-and-white photographs and drawings, this work tells the... Read More >>

Technology in Postwar America: A History

Technology in Postwar America: A History
Author: Carroll Pursell (Adjunct Professor of Modern History, Macquarie University) ISBN: 9780231123044 Format: Hardback	$99.95
Tells the story of the evolution of American technology since World War II. This book links pop culture icons with... Read More >>

Indian Ink: Script and Print in the Making of the English East India Company

Indian Ink: Script and Print in the Making of the English...
Author: Miles Ogborn ISBN: 9780226620411 Format: Hardback	$92.95
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Energy Metropolis: An Environmental History of Houston and the Gulf Coast

Energy Metropolis: An Environmental History of Houston...
Author: Martin V. Melosi , Joseph A. Pratt ISBN: 9780822959632 Format: Paperback	$73.79
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Work

Work
Author: Mary Mills ISBN: 9781850749875 Format: Paperback	$52.67
The working day for the majority of us in 21st century England usually involves long hours spent in front of a computer... Read More >>

The Medieval Antecedents of English Agricultural Progress

The Medieval Antecedents of English Agricultural Progress...
Author: Bruce M.S. Campbell ISBN: 9780754659198 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Includes ten essays, which contribute to the re-assessment of how the medieval 'backwardness' of English agriculture... Read More >>

Herd & Mackenzie - The Story of a Shipyard

Herd & Mackenzie - The Story of a Shipyard
Author: John Addison , John Crawford ISBN: 9780955624100 Format: Paperback	$38.81
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The Populist Vision

The Populist Vision
Author: Charles Postel (, California State University, Sacramento) ISBN: 9780195176506 Format: Hardback	$148.95
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Australian Agriculture: Its History and Challenges

Australian Agriculture: Its History and Challenges
Author: Ted Henzell ISBN: 9780643993426 Format: Paperback	$184.80
A journey through Australian agricultural practices from colonial times to modern day. Read More >>

Boston Firsts!: 40 Feats of Innovation and Invention that happened first in Boston

Boston Firsts!: 40 Feats of Innovation and Invention...
Author: Lynda Morgenroth ISBN: 9780807071328 Format: Paperback	$36.96
Boston Firsts is about everything (well, almost!) that happened first in Boston and changed life elsewhere: from... Read More >>

Boosey & Hawkes The Publishing Story

Boosey & Hawkes The Publishing Story
Author: Helen Wallace ISBN: 9780851625140 Format: Book	$65.87
"(Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books). A rare inside look at the evolution of the world's leading classical publisher... Read More >>

The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution
Author: Jeff Horn ISBN: 9780313338533 Format: Hardback	$61.00
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Trade Unions and Workplace Democracy in Africa

Trade Unions and Workplace Democracy in Africa
Author: Gérard Kester , Professor Gregor Gall ISBN: 9780754649977 Format: Hardback	$284.00
Considers how workplace democracy can broaden and deepen the democratisation process in Africa. This book argues... Read More >>

Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution

Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution...
Author: A.D. Morrison-Low , Dr. Ernst Hamm ISBN: 9780754657583 Format: Hardback	$315.00
Looks at the four main English centres known for instrument production outside the capital: Birmingham, Liverpool,... Read More >>

Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business ethics in Victorian Britain

Enlightened Entrepreneurs: Business ethics in Victorian...
Author: Ian Bradley ISBN: 9780745952710 Format: Paperback	$52.67
The story of 10 remarkable Victorian industrialists Read More >>

Burroughs Wellcome and Company: Knowledge, Trust, Profit and the Transformation of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, 1880-1940

Burroughs Wellcome and Company: Knowledge, Trust, Profit...
Author: Roy Church , E. M. Tansey ISBN: 9781905472048 Format: Hardback	$90.56
Burroughs Wellcome & Co was a pioneering business during the half-century or so from 1880, becoming the largest... Read More >>

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