Industrial Archeology
Industrial Archeology

Author: Theodore Anton Sande

Publisher: Plume

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13:

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The exciting new field of industrial archeology is uncovering a fascinating aspect of an earlier America that has only begun to be appreciated.The American heritage this volume explores is found in the historically significant industrial sites ans structures that have shaped America's industrial past. For many, this volume will provide an eye-opening look at structures hitherto ignored and now recognized as "national monuments" of extraordinary beauty.

An Historical Geography of Railways in Great Britain and Ireland
An Historical Geography of Railways in Great Britain and Ireland

Author: David Turnock

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 1351958933

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Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has been much less conspicuous. This overview by David Turnock goes a long way towards restoring the balance. It details every important aspect of the railway’s influence on spatial distribution of economic and social change, providing a full account of the nineteenth-century geography of the British Isles seen in the context of the railway. The book reviews and explains the shape of the developing railway network, beginning with the pre-steam railways and connections between existing road and water communications and the new rail lines. The author also discusses the impact of the railways on the patterns of industrial, urban and rural change throughout the century. Throughout, the historical geography of Ireland is treated in equal detail to that of Great Britain.