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Industry in the landscape / / Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson



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Autore: Palmer Marilyn <1943-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Industry in the landscape / / Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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Serie: History of the British landscape.