Industry in the landscape / / Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson

• Autore: Palmer Marilyn <1943->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Disciplina: 609.41; 725.40941
• Soggetto topico: Industrial archaeology - Great Britain; Work environment - Great Britain - History
• Altri autori: NeaversonPeter
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; The location of industry in the landscape; Providing the necessities of life; Fuel and power for industry; Metals in the service of man; Clothing the people; Building and servicing the community; Moving around: roads, rivers, canals and railways; The industrial landscape: past, present and future; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Two hundred years of industry have transformed the British landscape. This book enables the reader to reconstruct the landscape of past industry. The authors are industrial archaeologists of national standing whose concern is to use surviving material evidence and contemporary sources to study the former working conditions of men and women. Comprehensive in coverage, the book examines fuels, metals, clothing, food, building and transport. It makes clear the tangible elements which form the basis for recreation of past landscapes and demonstrates both their function and the context in which the
• Titolo autorizzato: Industry in the landscape
• ISBN: 1-134-83219-2; 1-134-83220-6; 1-282-77816-1; 9786612778162; 0-203-21784-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783883303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of the British landscape.