The texture of industry : an archaeological view of the industrialization of North America / / Robert B. Gordon, Patrick M. Malone [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Gordon Robert B (Robert Boyd), <1929->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (464p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 338.0973
• Soggetto topico: Industrial archaeology - North America; Industrialization - North America
• Persona (resp. second.): MalonePatrick M.
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1994.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: While historians have given ample attention to stories of entrepreneurship, invention, and labor conflict, they have told us little about actual work-places and how people worked. Workers seldom wrote about their daily employment. However, they did leave behind their tools, products, shops, and factories as well as the surrounding industrial landscapes and communities. In this book, Gordon and Malone look at the industrialization of North America fro the perspective of the industrial archaeologist. Using material evidence from such varied sites as Indian steatite quarries, automobile plants, and coal mines, they examine manufacturing technology, transportation systems, and the effects of industrialization on the land. Their research greatly expands our understanding of industry and focuses attention on the contributions of anonymous artisans whose skills shaped our industrial heritage.
• Titolo autorizzato: The texture of industry
• ISBN: 0-19-756108-X; 0-19-535482-6; 1-60256-171-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778723003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.