Industrialisation & industrial history books

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Pittsburgh and the Appalachians: Cultural and Natural Resources in a Postindustrial Age

Pittsburgh and the Appalachians: Cultural and Natural...
Author: Joseph L. Scarpaci , Kevin J. Patrick ISBN: 9780822942825 Format: Hardback	$79.20
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Biotech: The Countercultural Origins of an Industry

Biotech: The Countercultural Origins of an Industry...
Author: Eric J. Vettel ISBN: 9780812239478 Format: Hardback	$131.87
Chronicling the birth of the biotechnology industry, Biotech shows how a cultural and political revolution in the... Read More >>

Cloth in West African History

Cloth in West African History
Author: Colleen E. Kriger ISBN: 9780759104211 Format: Hardback	$173.95
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A Book of English Trades

A Book of English Trades
Author: English Heritage ISBN: 9781850749783 Format: Hardback	$31.68
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Cloth in West African History

Cloth in West African History
Author: Colleen E. Kriger ISBN: 9780759104228 Format: Paperback	$71.95
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Watermills

Watermills
Author: Martin Watts (University of Newcastle, Australia) ISBN: 9780747806547 Format: Paperback	$34.19
Water power has been used for over 2000 years. This book explains the history and development of watermills as working... Read More >>

Sausage Rebellion: Public Health, Private Enterprise, and Meat in Mexico City, 1890-1917

Sausage Rebellion: Public Health, Private Enterprise,...
Author: Jeffrey M Pilcher ISBN: 9780826337962 Format: Paperback	$79.07
Through a detailed examination of meat provisioning, this book highlights the process of industrialisation in the... Read More >>

Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-cultural Approaches

Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-cultural...
Author: Glenn R. Storey ISBN: 9780817352462 Format: Paperback	$125.40
A study revealing the variety of factors involved in the coalescing and dispersal of populations in pre-industrial... Read More >>

Rail Freight Since 1968: Wagonload

Rail Freight Since 1968: Wagonload
Author: Paul Shannon ISBN: 9781857942644 Format: Paperback	$46.55
Looking at the changing patterns of rail freight since 1968, this book examines the gradual shift from wagonload... 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: 9780393062120 Format: Hardback	$79.07
"""Brilliantly conceived....[A] tour de force in historical writing.""—Ian Kershaw" Read More >>

Industry in Art: Pittsburgh, 1812 to 1920

Industry in Art: Pittsburgh, 1812 to 1920
Author: Rina C. Youngner ISBN: 9780822942764 Format: Hardback	$79.07
Examines the artists, contexts, and societal factors that influenced the depiction of Pittsburgh industry and labor... Read More >>

Moving Mountains By Rail: A History of Quarry Railways

Moving Mountains By Rail: A History of Quarry Railways...
Author: Ian P Peaty ISBN: 9780752438610 Format: Paperback	$46.55
The story of railways which served stone quarries around the country and developed into Hanson Aggregates Read More >>

The Iron Industry of the Forest of Dean

The Iron Industry of the Forest of Dean
Author: John Meredith ISBN: 9780752435961 Format: Paperback	$49.95
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Carnegie

Carnegie
Author: Raymond Lamont-Brown ISBN: 9780750933711 Format: Paperback	$26.99
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Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-cultural Approaches

Urbanism in the Preindustrial World: Cross-cultural...
Author: Glenn R. Storey ISBN: 9780817314767 Format: Hardback	$227.04
A study revealing the variety of factors involved in the coalescing and dispersal of populations in pre-industrial... Read More >>

Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences

Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations...
Author: Vaclav Smil (Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Professor, University of Manitoba) ISBN: 9780195168754 Format: Hardback	$175.95
Post-WW1 inventions transformed the fundamental technical advances that created the modern world, and added new... Read More >>

Von der fruhen Industrialisierung zum Computerzeitalter: Wirtschaftshistorische Wegmarkierungen. Ausgewählte Schriften, Hrsg. von Charlotte Natmeßnig und Karl Bachinger

Von der fruhen Industrialisierung zum Computerzeitalter:...
Author: Herbert Matis , Karl Bachinger ISBN: 9783205775218 Format: Hardback	$137.28
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Workshop of the World: Birmingham's Industrial Heritage

Workshop of the World: Birmingham's Industrial Heritage...
Author: Ray Shill ISBN: 9780750935036 Format: Paperback	$45.00
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The Llynfi Valley Coal Industry: A History

The Llynfi Valley Coal Industry: A History
Author: David Lewis ISBN: 9780752438726 Format: Paperback	$43.96
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Leaders Count: The Story of The BNSF Railway

Leaders Count: The Story of The BNSF Railway
Author: Lawrence H. Kaufman ISBN: 9780972449540 Format: Paperback	$39.47
Mergers have affected railroads in ways few other industries have experienced, and in the last 50 years they have... Read More >>

Family Capitalism: Wendels, Haniels, Falcks, and the Continental European Model

Family Capitalism: Wendels, Haniels, Falcks, and the...
Author: Harold James ISBN: 9780674021815 Format: Hardback	$105.47
James tells how “iron masters“ of a classical industrial cast were succeeded by generations who wanted to shift... Read More >>

In the Shadow of Detroit: Gordon M. McGregor, Ford of Canada, and Motoropolis

In the Shadow of Detroit: Gordon M. McGregor, Ford of...
Author: David Roberts ISBN: 9780814332849 Format: Hardback	$92.27
Part biography and part corporate history, this work investigates the life and career of Gordon M McGregor, who... Read More >>

Fishing for Gold: The Story of Alabama's Catfish Industry

Fishing for Gold: The Story of Alabama's Catfish Industry...
Author: Karni R. Perez ISBN: 9780817353445 Format: Paperback	$60.59
Provides oral histories collected from early hatchery owners, catfish farmers, processors, and researchers to recount... Read More >>

Industrializing American Shipbuilding: The Transformation of Ship Design and Construction, 1820-1920

Industrializing American Shipbuilding: The Transformation...
Author: William H. Thiesen ISBN: 9780813029405 Format: Hardback	$158.27
Spanning the transition from wood to iron shipbuilding in America, this history tells how nontheoretical methods... Read More >>

Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two Unique Men, a Legendary Company, and a Remarkable Time in American History

Billy, Alfred, and General Motors: The Story of Two...
Author: William PELFREY ISBN: 9780814433874 Format: Paperback	$32.99
Billy, Alfred, and General Motors is the tale not just of the two extraordinary men of its title but also of the... Read More >>

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