Industrialisation and industrial history Books
McFarland & Company Benevolent Barons American WorkerCentered
Book SynopsisAmerican business has always had deep roots in community. For over a century, the country looked to philanthropic industrialists to finance hospitals, parks, libraries, civic programs, community welfare and disaster aid. This is the story of Americans who sought to balance the accumulation of wealth with communal responsibility.
£27.54
McFarland & Company Aluminum in America
Book Synopsis The history of aluminum: metallurgy, engineering, global business and politics--and the advance of civilization itself. The earth''s most abundant metal, aluminum remained largely inaccessible until after the Industrial Revolution. A precious commodity in 1850s, it later became a strategic resource: while steel won World War I, aluminum won World War II. A generation later, it would make space travel possible and the 1972 Pioneer spacecraft would carry a message from mankind to extraterrestrial life, engraved on an aluminum plate. Today aluminum, along with oil, is the natural resource driving geopolitics, and China has taken the lead in manufacture.
£27.54
Johns Hopkins University Press The Business of Speed
Book SynopsisLucsko offers a rich and heretofore untold account of the culture and technology of the high-performance automotive aftermarket in the United States, offering a fresh perspective on the history of the automobile in America.Trade ReviewLucsko does an exceptional job of telling the story of the performance tuning industry's evolution over seven decades. The book is thoroughly researched, including the players, the genesis of the automotive aftermarket industry, and how the business of speed evolved across America. -- Dennis E. Horvath Cruise-In.com 2008 A really informative read. Retro Cars 2009 The Business of Speed is the most extensive study of hot rodding yet published and will be the starting point for future scholars of this multi-billion dollar industry and its associated under-hood cultures. -- Kevin Borg Technology and Culture 2009 Lucsko brings a jeweler's eye to his examination of the history of the automobile aftermarket... In writing about ti, Lucsko is all business, his research is plentiful, and his expository prose is flawless... This is a very valuable contribution to automobile history and culture. Choice 2009 The Business of Speed is clearly written, insightfully argued, and exceptionally successful in explaining the highly technical modifications to stock automobiles... In the hands of an inferior writer, these details could have made the book intellectually inaccessible. -- Christopher W. Wells Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Faster Flivvers, 1915–19272. Westward Ho, 1928–19423. From Hot Rods to Hot Rodding, 1945–19554. The California Hot Rod Industry, 1945–19555. Factory Muscle, 1955–19706. Bolt-on Power, 1955–19707. The Speed Equipment Manufacturers Association8. "Ink-Happy Do-Gooders," 1960–19789. "This Dreadful Conspiracy," 1966–198410. The Best of Times, the Worst of Times, 1970–1990ConclusionNotesGlossaryEssay on SourcesIndex
£48.00
St Martin's Press Hells Cartel
£25.50
Louisiana State University Press Tapping the Pines
Book SynopsisThe extraction of raw turpentine and tar from the southern longleaf pine constitutes what was once the largest industry in North Carolina. This study weaves together business, environmental, labour, and social history to offer the first complete account of this little-understood sector of the southern economy.
£26.96
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The History of Black Business in America Capita Volume 1 To 1865
Book SynopsisPresents a detailed study of the continuity, diversity, and multiplicity of independent self-help economic activities among African Americans. This edition covers African American business history through the end of the Civil War and features a comprehensive account of black business during the Civil War.
£43.59
University of Pennsylvania Press Biotech
Book SynopsisThe seemingly unlimited reach of powerful biotechnologies and the attendant growth of the multibillion-dollar industry have raised difficult questions about the scientific discoveries, political assumptions, and cultural patterns that gave rise to for-profit biological research. Given such extraordinary stakes, a history of the commercial biotechnology industry must inquire far beyond the predictable attention to scientists, discovery, and corporate sales. It must pursue how something so complex as the biotechnology industry was born, poised to become both a vanguard for contemporary world capitalism and a focal point for polemic ethical debate.In Biotech, Eric J. Vettel chronicles the story behind genetic engineering, recombinant DNA, cloning, and stem-cell research. It is a story about the meteoric rise of government support for scientific research during the Cold War, about activists and student protesters in the Vietnam era pressing for a new purpose in science, aboTrade Review"Eric Vettel ably illuminates the political economy of science at the end of the 1960s, including the impact on attitudes among younger bioscientists of the demand for relevance in research; and he provides a riveting on-the-ground account of how in the Bay Area that response helped give birth to the region's biotechnology industry. This is a valuable book, deeply researched and altogether readable." * Daniel Kevles, Yale University *"The wide range of economic, social, cultural, and personal factors chronicled in the book-particularly the interaction between the institutional and personal-gives the reader a deep appreciation of the subtle and complex forces at work during this tumultuous period in U.S. history. . . . [Biotech] offers a provocative early look at an enterprise that is sure to receive much more scholarly analysis in the years to come." * American Historical Review *"Compelling, well-documented, and important. . . . [Biotech] helps us begin to see some of the complex questions that we will have to address in deciding how much and which basic research, applied science, and technological application we want." * BioScience *"This is one of those rare books. . . . What is passed over or hinted at in other histories is here explored in depth and with the skill that comes from a sympathetic familiarity with his subject and subjects. . . . The only history of the field I will keep and recommend." * Nature Biotechnology *
£21.59
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Industrializing American Shipbuilding The
Book SynopsisSpanning the transition from wood to iron shipbuilding in America, this history tells how nontheoretical methods of shipbuilding began to be discarded by the 1880s in favor of technical and scientific methods. It describes the trans-Atlantic exchange of technical information that took place during this era and the role of the US Navy in that.
£47.21
UNIV OF ARIZONA PR Carbon Sovereignty
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£24.71
LUP - University of Georgia Press Sawdust in Your Pockets A History of the North
Book SynopsisProvides the first survey of North Carolina’s furniture industry from its cabinetmaking beginnings to its digital present. Historian Eric Medlin shows how the industry transitioned from high-quality, individual pieces to the affordable, mass-produced furniture, and discusses how competition, consolidation, and globalization challenged the industry.Trade ReviewSawdust in Your Pockets is a well-researched overview of an important component of North Carolina’s economic history, and it is the first such comprehensive study. This book fills an important gap in the historical literature, and I believe it will inspire future micro-studies of aspects of the state’s furniture industry." - Melissa Walker, author of Southern Farmers and Their Stories"I have been teaching North Carolina history for over twenty years, and it has always frustrated me that there is so little historical information on the state’s furniture industry out there. Furniture was one of the legs on North Carolina’s three-legged stool (along with tobacco and textiles) that made the state the most industrialized southern state and one of the most prosperous. There is both a need and a market for this book." - Dan Pierce, author of Tar Heel Lightnin': How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World
£34.73
LUP - University of Georgia Press Sawdust in Your Pockets A History of the North
Book SynopsisProvides the first survey of North Carolina’s furniture industry from its cabinetmaking beginnings to its digital present. Historian Eric Medlin shows how the industry transitioned from high-quality, individual pieces to the affordable, mass-produced furniture, and discusses how competition, consolidation, and globalization challenged the industry.Trade ReviewSawdust in Your Pockets is a well-researched overview of an important component of North Carolina’s economic history, and it is the first such comprehensive study. This book fills an important gap in the historical literature, and I believe it will inspire future micro-studies of aspects of the state’s furniture industry." - Melissa Walker, author of Southern Farmers and Their Stories"I have been teaching North Carolina history for over twenty years, and it has always frustrated me that there is so little historical information on the state’s furniture industry out there. Furniture was one of the legs on North Carolina’s three-legged stool (along with tobacco and textiles) that made the state the most industrialized southern state and one of the most prosperous. There is both a need and a market for this book." - Dan Pierce, author of Tar Heel Lightnin': How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World
£91.99
University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh and the Appalachians
Book SynopsisThe book assesses how Pittsburgh deindustrialization over the past decades has posed both opportunities and challenges for the city and surrounding tri-state area.
£50.80
University of Missouri Press A Missouri Railroad Pioneer
Book SynopsisLawyer and journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Louis Houck is often called the ""Father of Southeast Missouri"" because he brought the railroad to the region and opened this backwater area to industrialization and modernization. Although Houck's name is little known today outside Missouri, Joel Rhodes shows how his story has relevance for both the state and America.Trade ReviewReaders with an interest in Missouri history and the Southeast will find much to engage with, especially given Houck’s status as a local historian and intellectual. Those seeking to understand the complicated legal and financial arrangements contingent in the building of railroads in Missouri and the nation will also find this book useful."" - Southern Historian""Readers will be impressed with the skill Rhodes has mustered and researched the material for this volume from family descendants, archives, and published sources. The author makes what must have been a morass of material as thick and tangled as any southeast Missouri swamp into a very readable history."" - Missouri Historical ReviewTable of Contents A Missouri Railroad Pioneer Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Wanderjahre Chapter 2 Volksblatt Chapter 3 The Belle of Cape Girardeau Chapter 4 To Cogitate and To Dream: The Coming of the Railroad Chapter 5 The Houck Roads Chapter 6 Zwei Meinungen: Of Two Minds Chapter 7 A Damn Fine Lawyer Chapter 8 St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Allied Lines Chapter 9 Academic Hall Chapter 10 The Histories Chapter 11 Cape Girardeau Northern Chapter 12 The Big Ditch Chapter 13 A Quiet Religious Mood Bibliography Index
£24.71
The Merlin Press Ltd The History of Black Mineworkers in South Africa
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£36.00
The Merlin Press Ltd The History of Black Mineworkers in South Africa
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£36.00
The Merlin Press Ltd Organise or Die 19821994 Pt 3 The History of
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£45.00
The Merlin Press Ltd Three Volume Set
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£100.00
CABI Publishing Organic Farming
Book SynopsisBeginning as a small protest to the industrialization of agriculture in the 1920s, organic farming has become a significant force in agricultural policy, marketing, and research. No longer dismissed as unscientific and counterproductive, organic techniques are now taken seriously by farmers, consumers, scientists, food processors, marketers, and regulatory agencies in much of the world. Organic farming is both dynamic and forward-looking but is also rooted in tradition. It is these traditions that can provide valuable starting points in debates over how organic farming should meet new challenges such as globalization, the emergence of new production techniques, and growing concern over equity and social justice in agriculture. Complementing general discussions with case histories of important organic institutions in various countries, this comprehensive discussion is the first to explore the development of organic agriculture. This title is now also available in papTable of ContentsPart 1: Origins and Principles Chapter 1: What Explains the Rise of Organic Farming? Chapter 2: The Origins of Organic Farming Chapter 3: Organic Values Chapter 4: The Science of Organic Farming Chapter 5: The Evolution of Organic Practice Part 2: Policies and Markets Chapter 6: The Development of Governmental Support for Organic Farming in Europe Chapter 7: The Organic Market Chapter 8: Development of Standards for Organic Farming Part 3: Organizations and Institutions Chapter 9: IFOAM and the History of the International Organic Movement Chapter 10: The Soil Association Chapter 11: Ecological Farmers Association and the Success of Swedish Organic Agriculture Chapter 12: MAPO and the Argentinian Organic Movement Chapter 13: NASAA and Organic Agriculture in Australia Chapter 14: FiBL and Organic Research in Switzerland Chapter 15: The Organic Trade Association Part 4: Challenges Chapter 16: A Look toward the Future Part 1: Origins and Principles Chapter 1: What Explains the Rise of Organic Farming? Chapter 2: The Origins of Organic Farming Chapter 3: Organic Values Chapter 4: The Science of Organic Farming Chapter 5: The Evolution of Organic Practice Part 2: Policies and Markets Chapter 6: The Development of Governmental Support for Organic Farming in Europe Chapter 7: The Organic Market Chapter 8: Development of Standards for Organic Farming Part 3: Organizations and Institutions Chapter 9: IFOAM and the History of the International Organic Movement Chapter 10: The Soil Association Chapter 11: Ecological Farmers Association and the Success of Swedish Organic Agriculture Chapter 12: MAPO and the Argentinian Organic Movement Chapter 13: NASAA and Organic Agriculture in Australia Chapter 14: FiBL and Organic Research in Switzerland Chapter 15: The Organic Trade Association Part 4: Challenges Chapter 16: A Look toward the Future
£109.58
University of Exeter Press Making Moonta The Invention of Australias Little
Book SynopsisAn investigation of the popular tradition of Australia's Little Cornwall': how one town in South Australia gained and perpetuated this identity into the twenty-first century. This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity.Trade Review ‘Although academic in feel, this lavishly illustrated book is a highly readable account of the myth of “Little Cornwall”.’ (BBC Who do you think you are?, March 2008) ‘Detailed and sympathetic [...] this is a book to be savoured and treasured by anyone interested in the great phenomenon of Moont and Australia’s Little Cornwall, and in the Cornish diaspora in general.’ (Cornish Banner, May 2008) ‘Payton tells his story with verve, a fine eye for detail and a nice sense of human idiosyncracies. His work can be read in diverse ways, for it makes multipkle contributions: to migration studies, to regional studies, to identity studies. But above all it offers a vivid portrait of the lived experience of a remarkable community. This is a gem of a book.’ (David Goldsworthy, National Library of Australia, Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 3, No 2, 2008) ‘Philip Payton’s book Making Moonta is a must for all historians, not only those with a mining interest. Perhaps the most telling point in the book is in the preface, in which he states that his book ‘is about Australia more generally, and contributes to the way in which we now read and write about Australian history’.’ (Barry McGowan, Journal of Australasian Mining History, Vol. 6, September 2008) ‘The book is well presented with interesting illustrations and gives an absorbing insight into the experience of some of the thousands of emigrants who left Cornwall in the nineteenth century. This is a fascinating and informative book about emigration, mining, the foundation of new communities, and the maintenance and preservation of pre-emigration society in a new setting.’ (Margaret Shepherd, British Association for Local History Online Review, www.balh.co.uk, December 2008) ‘a book that is easy to read and well crafted.’ ‘a valuable contribution to an understanding of the Cornish and their broader contribution to Australia’ (Peter Donovan, Labour History, No. 95, November 2008) Table of ContentsList of illustrations, ix; Preface, xi; 1. 'The largest Cornish communities beyond Land's End': Making Moonta's Cornish myth, 1; 2. 'Wherever a hole is sunk in the ground': Moonta and Cornwall's great emigration, 32; 3. The cult of Captain Hancock: The man and his mines, 63; 4. 'Cornwall was never conquered yet': Moonta's working-class heroes, 97; 5. 'Moonta toil and Moonta gain': Women, Methodists and the triumph over adversity, 130; 6. 'Moonta's little, but she's great': The enduring myth, 166; 7. 'The world's largest Cornish festival': The myth revived, 192; Epilogue, 222; Notes, 229; Index, 255.
£71.25
University of Exeter Press Making Moonta The Invention of Australias Little
Book SynopsisAn investigation of the popular tradition of ‘Australia’s Little Cornwall’: how one town in South Australia gained and perpetuated this identity into the twenty-first century. This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Trade Review ‘Although academic in feel, this lavishly illustrated book is a highly readable account of the myth of “Little Cornwall”.’ (BBC Who do you think you are?, March 2008) ‘Detailed and sympathetic [...] this is a book to be savoured and treasured by anyone interested in the great phenomenon of Moont and Australia’s Little Cornwall, and in the Cornish diaspora in general.’ (Cornish Banner, May 2008) ‘Payton tells his story with verve, a fine eye for detail and a nice sense of human idiosyncracies. His work can be read in diverse ways, for it makes multipkle contributions: to migration studies, to regional studies, to identity studies. But above all it offers a vivid portrait of the lived experience of a remarkable community. This is a gem of a book.’ (David Goldsworthy, National Library of Australia, Reviews in Australian Studies, Vol. 3, No 2, 2008) ‘Philip Payton’s book Making Moonta is a must for all historians, not only those with a mining interest. Perhaps the most telling point in the book is in the preface, in which he states that his book ‘is about Australia more generally, and contributes to the way in which we now read and write about Australian history’.’ (Barry McGowan, Journal of Australasian Mining History, Vol. 6, September 2008) ‘The book is well presented with interesting illustrations and gives an absorbing insight into the experience of some of the thousands of emigrants who left Cornwall in the nineteenth century. This is a fascinating and informative book about emigration, mining, the foundation of new communities, and the maintenance and preservation of pre-emigration society in a new setting.’ (Margaret Shepherd, British Association for Local History Online Review, www.balh.co.uk, December 2008) ‘a book that is easy to read and well crafted.’ ‘a valuable contribution to an understanding of the Cornish and their broader contribution to Australia’ (Peter Donovan, Labour History, No. 95, November 2008) Table of ContentsList of illustrations, ix; Preface, xi; 1. 'The largest Cornish communities beyond Land's End': Making Moonta's Cornish myth, 1; 2. 'Wherever a hole is sunk in the ground': Moonta and Cornwall's great emigration, 32; 3. The cult of Captain Hancock: The man and his mines, 63; 4. 'Cornwall was never conquered yet': Moonta's working-class heroes, 97; 5. 'Moonta toil and Moonta gain': Women, Methodists and the triumph over adversity, 130; 6. 'Moonta's little, but she's great': The enduring myth, 166; 7. 'The world's largest Cornish festival': The myth revived, 192; Epilogue, 222; Notes, 229; Index, 255.
£20.00
University of Exeter Press Mining in a Medieval Landscape The Royal Silver
Book SynopsisThis book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley.Trade Review ‘Mining in a Medieval Landscape is not just another ‘local history’, although it has much that will appeal to Devonians. It places the medieval royal mines in their context both nationally and internationally...’ (Devon Archaeological Society) ‘Not only is the book profoundly interesting and readable, it is well-illustrated and produced with a good index, an adequate glossary and an extensive bibliography. It is written to the highest academic standards ... It will be found to be a useful starting point for others wishing to study medieval mining. The book is an absolute ‘must’ for those interested in the West Country and will find a well-earned place on the bookshelves of anyone interested in this little-understood period and its integration with the wider local economy.’ (Northern Mine Research Society) 'It is excellent value at £20 for the paperback and will be helpful to many other studies in the future.' (Landscape History) 'a fine example of how an interdisciplinary approach can be successfully employed to provide an insight into even the most seemingly uninformative landscape and illustrates clearly the benefits and rewards from adopting this type of approach. It will provide an invaluable reference for those embarking on projects to understand their own area and as such its influence will extend well beyond the silver industry and Devon.' (Journal of Medieval Archaeology, Vol. 54, Nov. 2010) Table of Contents
£71.25
University of Exeter Press Mining in a Medieval Landscape The Royal Silver
Book SynopsisThis book explores an industry that was of profound importance both in terms of the local economy and the history of mining nationally, but is long forgotten: the late medieval royal silver mines at Bere Ferrers in the Tamar Valley. Trade Review ‘Mining in a Medieval Landscape is not just another ‘local history’, although it has much that will appeal to Devonians. It places the medieval royal mines in their context both nationally and internationally...’ (Devon Archaeological Society) ‘Not only is the book profoundly interesting and readable, it is well-illustrated and produced with a good index, an adequate glossary and an extensive bibliography. It is written to the highest academic standards ... It will be found to be a useful starting point for others wishing to study medieval mining. The book is an absolute ‘must’ for those interested in the West Country and will find a well-earned place on the bookshelves of anyone interested in this little-understood period and its integration with the wider local economy.’ (Northern Mine Research Society) 'It is excellent value at £20 for the paperback and will be helpful to many other studies in the future.' (Landscape History) 'a fine example of how an interdisciplinary approach can be successfully employed to provide an insight into even the most seemingly uninformative landscape and illustrates clearly the benefits and rewards from adopting this type of approach. It will provide an invaluable reference for those embarking on projects to understand their own area and as such its influence will extend well beyond the silver industry and Devon.' (Journal of Medieval Archaeology, Vol. 54, Nov. 2010) Table of Contents
£22.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd Medieval Narbonne A City at the Heart of the
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a series of studies by Jacqueline Caille, acknowledged as the leading expert on medieval Narbonne, which chart the development and history of the city from its Roman origins to its decline in the late Middle Ages. They focus on the period of Narbonne's heyday, from the mid-11th to the mid-14th centuries, and a central place is held by Ermengarde, viscountess for half the 12th century, and celebrated figure in the 'world of the troubadours'. The book opens with an important new introductory survey, in English, setting the context for the detailed studies which follow, several of which also appear in English for the first time, and all being updated with additional notes. These articles cover the physical growth of the great medieval centre, the relations and conflicts between its secular and ecclesiastical lords, its administrative and religious life, and its political and commercial connections with the areas around. Ce volume regroupe une sÃrie d'Ãtudes de Jacqueline Caille, spÃcialiste reconnue de l'histoire de Narbonne au Moyen Age. L'antique cità y est prÃsentÃe depuis ses origines romaines jusqu'à la fin du XVe siÃcle, en insistant particuliÃrement sur la pÃriode la plus brillante des siÃcles mÃdiÃvaux, du milieu du XIe au milieu du XIVe siÃcle. Le recueil s'ouvre par un long survol historique inÃdit, en anglais, brossant le contexte gÃnÃral oà s'insÃrent les Ãtudes spÃcialisÃes qui suivent, rÃactualisÃes par des notes additionnelles. Les principaux thÃmes pouvant à tre dÃgagÃs des ces articles concernent le dÃveloppement topographique de cette grande ville mÃdiÃvale, les relations et les conflits entre les seigneurs qui la dirigent (archevà ques et vicomtes), la vie administrative et religieuse de l'agglomÃration ainsi que ses relations politiques et commerciales avec les rÃgions environnantes. Enfin, une place de choix est faite à l'une des Ãminentes figures du monde des troubadours, la victomtesseTrade Review'As useful as the texts are the numerous illustrations that accompany the words... let us applaud Reyerson for shepherding this project to publication, salute Caille for an illustrious career, and thank Ashgate for its series of Variorum Reprints, which allows scholars from all over the world to gain access to the work of their peers and predecessors.' The Medieval Review ’Les historiens médiévistes du Midi de la France et du monde urbain ne peuvent que saluer avec satisfaction l'initiative de K.L. Reyerson et des éditions Ashgate de publier un recueil des principaux travaux de J. Caille sur Narbonne.’ Cahiers de civilisation médiévale ’Le recueil d'articles de Jacqueline Caille, où domine le principe de réalité, au plus près des documents, comble de manière heureuse une lacune de l'historiographie méridionale. Il rend à Narbonne médiévale toute son importance, renversant, chemin faisant, beaucoup d'idées reçues. Bref, c'est un livre exemplaire, solide, sain et utile.’ Revue HistoriqueTable of ContentsContents: Foreword, Jacqueline Caille; Introduction: Medieval Narbonne and the urban Mediterranean world, Kathryn L. Reyerson. Historical overview: Narbonne from Roman foundations to the 15th century. Urban development at Narbonne: Urban expansion in the region of Languedoc from the 11th to the 14th century: the examples of Narbonne and Montpellier; Les remparts de Narbonne, des origines à la fin du Moyen Age; Les paroisses de Narbonne au Moyen Age: origine et développement. The politics and rulers of Narbonne: The origins and development of the temporal lordship of the archbishop in the city and territory of Narbonne (9th-12th centuries); La seigneurie temporelle de l'archevêque dans la ville de Narbonne (deuxième moitié du XIIIe siècle); Le consulat de Narbonne: problème des origines; Une manifestation narbonnaise des persécutions antisémites au XIe siècle?; Les seigneurs de Narbonne dans le conflit Toulouse-Barcelone au XIIe siècle. Ermengarde of Narbonne: Ermengarde, viscountess of Narbonne (1127/29-1196/97): a great female figure of the aristocracy of the Midi; Une idylle entre la vicomtesse Ermengarde de Narbonne et le prince Rognvald Kali des Orcades au milieu du XIIe siècle?. Society and religious life: Hospices et assistance à Narbonne (XIIIe-XIVe siècles); Hospitals, charity, and urban life in the Middle Ages: the case of Narbonne 'revisited'; Le studium de Narbonne; Narbonne au début du XVe siècle; Addenda and Corrigenda; Index.
£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Towns and Local Communities in Medieval and Early
Book SynopsisProfessor Palliser focuses here on towns in England in the centuries between the Norman Conquest and the Tudor period, on which he is an acknowledged authority. Urban topography, archaeology, economy, society and politics are all brought under review, and particular attention is given to relationships between towns and the Crown, to the evidence for migration into towns, and to the vexed question of urban fortunes in the 15th and 16th centuries. Two essays set urban history in a broader framework by considering recent work on town and village formation and on the development of parishes. The collection includes two hitherto unpublished studies and is introduced and put in context by a new survey of English towns from the 7th to the 16th centuries.Trade Review'All in all, this book confirms Palliser's position as our major urban historian in the pre-industrial period... Both he and his publishers are to be congratulated.' Economic History Review '... the essays gathered here provide a model of how urban history should be written.' Urban History ’Overall [...], this collection is well worth seeking out for anyone, specialist and non-specialist alike, with an interest in pre-modern urban history.’ Local Population Studies ’As a collection, the papers showcase a mastery of topographical and archaeological as well as documentary material; the net result is that, while the accent is firmly on urban history, there is more than enough to appeal to those interested in the broader evolution of townscapes... In summary, this excellent volume stands as an essential point of reference for scholars interested in all aspects of medieval urbanism.’ Landscape History ’[The papers] are smoothly written, highly readable, and reflect the author's profound understanding of town history and his insistence on urban continuities. This collection thus presents a distinguished contribution to regional history, effectively set in a wider context.’ Northern History ’This book brings together a very important collection of studies in urban history, ranging across political, social, economic and cultural aspects, and over the medieval and early modern periods... These essays show some of the many contributions that David Palliser has made towards our understanding of that importance.’ The Local Historian ’Anyone who wishes to explore the medieval and early modern urban environment will find Towns and Local Communities very useful. Palliser effectively presents historiography, theories, and arguments in myriad branches of urban studies... This collection of Palliser's work provides a thorough and understandable overview of medieval English urban history.’ Sixteenth Century Journal ’Almost every aspect of medieval urbanTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction: the origins and growth of English towns. Local Communities: Town and village formation in medieval England; The English parish in perspective. Archaeology and Topography: The archaeology of British towns 1066-1530; Town defences in medieval England and Wales. Towns and Power: Towns and the English state, 1066-1500; Towns and the Crown in England: the counties and the county towns. Late Medieval Society: The role of minorities and immigrants in English medieval towns; Urban society; Civic mentality and the environment in Tudor York; A regional capital as magnet: immigrants to York, 1477-1566. Urban Decline?: A crisis in English towns? The case of York, 1460-1640; Urban decay revisited. Index.
£156.66
Institution of Engineering & Technology Oliver Heaviside
Book SynopsisA compelling account of the life of one of the great pioneers of electrical science Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925). He showed how to analyse circuit, how to rid telephone lines of distortion and interpreted Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism in a way that working engineers and physicists could understand.Trade Review'an engaging account of this heady, confusing period when electromagnetism was a young science and Heaviside was one of its greatest - and most eccentric - exponents. For Heaviside's relative obscurity was at least partly his own fault. Although he could be witty and even charming to his friends, he was also a thoroughly awkward individual who bore grudges like a champion, speckled his scientific articles with thinly veiled attacks on his enemies and repeatedly rejected pleas to make his papers more understandable. Mahon is clearly sympathetic to his subject, but he does not shrink from the more challenging aspects of either Heaviside's character or his science. This slim volume is an excellent introduction to both.' * Physics World *Table of Contents Chapter 1: Do try to be like other people: London 1850-68 Chapter 2: Seventy words a minute: Fredericia 1868-70 Chapter 3: Waiting for Caroline: Newcastle 1870-74 Chapter 4: Old Teufelsdrockh: London 1874-82 Chapter 5: Good old Maxwell!: London 1882-86 Chapter 6: Making waves: London, Liverpool, Dublin and Karlsruhe 1882-88 Chapter 7: Into battle: London 1886-88 Chapter 8: Self-induction's in the air: Bath and London 1888-89 Chapter 9: Uncle Olly: Paignton 1889-97 Chapter 10: Country life: Newton Abbot 1897-1908 Chapter 11: A Torquay marriage: Torquay 1908-24 Chapter 12: Last days: Torquay 1924-25 Heaviside's legacy
£45.60
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi From Backwoods to Boardrooms The Rise of
Book SynopsisIn the past 100-plus years, forestland ownerships have gone through two structural changes: the accumulation of industrial timberlands between 1900s and 1980s and the transformation of industrial timberlands to institutional ownerships afterwards. This book is about the history and economics of these two structural changes.
£33.71
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Cheese War Conflict and Courage in Tillamook
Book SynopsisThe authors of this book have conducted years of research through the archives and newspapers of Tillamook County and conducted numerous interviews and oral histories of key players in the Cheese War and their families. This book tells the story of the very human factors behind one of Oregon’s most famous brands.
£19.96
Cornell University Press Native Soil
Book SynopsisLocated in a region geologically blessed with nutrient-rich black soil, DeKalb County is known for it's agricultural prosperity. This book explains how a group of farmers attempted to cope with the problems they faced as productive farming required scientific and technological advances. It is for those concerned with America's agricultural past.Trade ReviewMeticulously researched, lavishly illustrated and exceptionally well written. * Agricultural History Review *Refreshing... meticulousy researched and written in a way that allows the reader to watch the story unfold with a sense of immediacy. Native Soil is an important contribution to the history of both the Midwest and American agriculture. * Journal of illinois history *Not to take the opportunity to read Eric Mogren's Native Soil is to make a significant error, particularly for agricultural historians, historians of the Midwest, and even generalist scholars of the American experience. * THe annals of iowa *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction 1 A New Era: The Roots of the Farm Bureau Movement 2 The "Soil Improvers" 3 War and Recession: Early Trials for the Soil Improvement Association 4 Hard Times: The Farm Bureau during Depression and War 5 Postwar Years: The Farm Bureau at High Tide 6 The Future Appendix: Former DeKalb County Farm Bureau Officials Notes Bibliography Index
£19.79
Alison Hodge Cornish Mines Gwennap to the Tamar Pocket
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Independent Institute,U.S. Winners Losers Microsoft
Book SynopsisMakes the case that free markets in high technology industry deliver better products to consumers, at lower prices, without government intervention. This publication's careful scholarship, well-founded hypotheses, and refutations of previously accepted theories—extending far beyond the Microsoft case—make this publication a vital piece of understanding for the future of technology and economics.Trade Review“Powerful stuff, Winners, Losers & Microsoft promises to have an important impact on the debate about the appropriate use of antitrust in high-technology markets. It does indeed exhibit a very high caliber of scholarship, addresses the key questions posed by the proponents of anti-competitive 'lock-in,' and bases its conclusions on a wealth of new empirical evidence.” —William F. Shughart II, Barnard Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi
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Hainault Press Sir Charles Raymond of Valentines and the East India Company
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Liverpool University Press Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom in the Ninete
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Liverpool University Press The Globalisation of the Oceans Containerisation
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Folly Books Ltd Royal Naval Cordite Factory Holton Heath A
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Libri Publishing From Ice Age to Wetlands The Lea Valleys Return
Book SynopsisExplores the industrial history of the Lea Valley and current environmental regeneration projects.
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Cambridge University Press The Transformation of Boeing from Technological
Book SynopsisOrganizations rise or fall based on misreading of external signals as well as internal factors ? strong or weak management, leadership and governance, proactive or reactive benchmarks of innovation and performance. This Element addresses the commercial aerospace sector the case study of Boeing Corporation. Boeing and Airbus illustrate the dynamics of competitive rivalry, the shifting attention span of senior leaders. Beset by internal dysfunctions, product delays and certification challenges, Boeing has a negative net worth, and perverse executive incentives, financial engineering values, and governance dysfunctions when confronting the changes facing the main customers, the airline industry. Boeing trails its European rival in market share, R&D investments, and diverse product line based on seat size, pricing, and distance. This case study provides an opportunity to suggest new research directions on governance and managing truly complex organizations.
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Taylor & Francis Property Power and the Growth of Towns
Book SynopsisLocal enterprise, institutional quality and strategic location were of central importance in the growth of medieval towns. This book, comprising a study of 112 English towns, emphasises these key factors. Downstream locations on major rivers attracted international trade, and thereby stimulated the local processing of imports and exports, while the early establishment of richly endowed religious institutions funnelled agricultural rental income into a town, where it was spent on luxury goods produced by local craftsmen and artisans, and on expensive, long-running building schemes. Local entrepreneurs who recognised the economic potential of a town developed residential suburbs which attracted wealthy residents. Meanwhile town authorities invested in the building and maintenance of bridges, gates, walls and ditches, often with financial support from wealthy residents. Royal lordship was also an advantage to a town, as it gave the town authorities direct access to the king and bypassed local power-brokers such as bishops and earls. The legacy of medieval investment remains visible today in the streets of important towns. Drawing on rentals, deeds and surveys, this book also examines in detail the topography of seven key medieval towns: Bristol, Gloucester, Coventry, Cambridge, Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Hull. In each case, surviving records identify the location and value of urban properties, and their owners and tenants. Using statistical techniques, previously applied only to the early modern and modern periods, the book analyses the impact of location and type of property on property values. It shows that features of the modern property market, including spatial autocorrelation, were present in the middle ages. Property hot-spots of high rents are also identified; the most valuable properties were those situated between the market and other focal points such transport hubs and religious centres, convenient for both, but remote from noise and pollution.This book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on expertise from the disciplines of economics and history. It will be of interest to historians and to social scientists looking for a long-run perspective on urban development.
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Taylor & Francis Production of Locality in the Early Modern and
Book SynopsisThis book is a microhistory study of village settlements in early modern Northwest Italy that aims to expand the notion of place to include the process of producing a locality; that is, the production of native local subjects through practices, rituals and other forms of collective action.Undertaking a micro-analytical approach, the book examines the customs and practices associated with typically fragmented and polycentric Italian village settlements to analyze the territorial tensions between various segments of a village and its neighbors. The microspatial analysis reveals how these tensions are the expressions of conflictual relationships between lay, ecclesiastical and charitable bodies culminating in a culture of fragmentation that impacts local economic and political practices. The book also traces how the production of locality survived throughout the nineenth and twentieth century and is still observed today. In this light, the study of practices and policies Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I Matrices1. Community Building: Brotherhoods, Bodies and Municipalities2. The Eucharist and the Generation of Space3. Separate LandsPart II From Law to Culture4. Transit5. Possession and Fiscality6. Vindication and OblivionPart III After the Flood7. Tourism and Civic Uses8. Production of Locality TodayConclusions
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Taylor & Francis Histories of Architecture Education in the United
Book SynopsisHistories of Architecture Education in the United States is an edited collection focused on the professional evolution, experimental and enduring pedagogical approaches, and leading institutions of American architecture education. Beginning with the emergence of architecture as a profession in Philadelphia and ending with the early work, but unfinished international effort, of making room for women and people of color in positions of leadership in the field, this collection offers an important history of architecture education relevant to audiences both within and outside of the United States. Other themes include the relationship of professional organizations to educational institutions; the legacy of late nineteenth-century design concepts; the role of architectural history; educational changes and trans-Atlantic intellectual exchanges after WWII and the Cold War; the rise of the city and urban design in the architectâs consciousness; student protests and challenges to tradTable of ContentsPart 1: Institutions 1. The Philadelphia Way of Making Architects: The Birth and Birthplace of American Architecture Education 2. The Architect at Mid-Century: The AIA and Architecture Education, 1857 and 1957 3. Redefining Rome’s Lessons: Architects at the American Academy 4. French Connections: Learning from Penn Part 2: Counter-Institutions 5. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: Their Legacies in Architecture Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities 6. Between Colonial Nostalgia and Modern Aspirations: The University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture as a Pedagogical Experiment 7. Radical Empathy in the Teaching of Bruce Goff and the “American School” of Architects 8. A Postmodern School of Architecture: Education at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 9. Signs and Wonders: John Hejduk and the Re-Enchantment of Architecture at The Cooper Union 10. Feminism and Architecture: The Women’s School of Planning and Architecture Part 3: Constituting the Discipline, Pushing Its Boundaries 11. Cultivating the Sense of Beauty: Denman Waldo Ross and the Teaching of Pure Design 12. From Constancy to Change: Sigfried Giedion and the Shifting Role of History in Architecture Education 13. The Question of Humanism: Architecture “in Service of Life” at North Carolina State College, 1948-1952 14. The Politics of the Creative Mind: Educating Architects at M.I.T. after 1945 15. The Oregon Conspiracy: John Reynolds and the Politics of Environmental Control Part 4: Architecture Goes Beyond Itself 16. The “Social Planning Movement”: Architecture and Planning at the University of Pennsylvania 17. The School and the City: Urban Design at Cornell in the 1960s and ’70s 18. Architecture Education as a Social Art: Social Science at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design 19. Toppling the “Cinderblock in the Sky”: “Negative” Architecture Education at Columbia University in the 1960s 20. From Student to Educator: The Personal Letters and Critical Discourse of Denise Scott Brown
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Taylor & Francis Trade Unions
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1981, Trade Unions was written at a time when there was a widespread belief that Britainâs trade unions were undemocratic, obstructive and strike-prone. This book argues that throughout their history, British trade unions have played a reactive role, and that their objectives, organization and tactics have been shaped by the actions of others, whether employers, governments or the judiciary. The book examines the historical development of the trade union movement and its long running battle with lawyers and judges. It then analyses trade union structure, organization and government and looks at the pattern of union activity in the workplace. Trade Unions will be of interest to students of industrial relations, politics and management studies and for anyone interested in the role of unions within contemporary British society.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Pullman Strike
Book SynopsisThis book examines the 1894 Pullman Strike, one of the most consequential clashes between labor and capital that paralyzed America's railroad system.The Gilded Age saw rapid economic growth, expansion of industrialization, and real wage growth. Yet between 1800 and 1900 there were nearly 37,000 strikes, and the Pullman Strike reflected the broad dissatisfaction and unrest among American workers. The book consists of an engaging narrative, analysis of existing scholarship, sidebars, and primary source documents which collectively answer why the Pullman Strike is so critical to the American Experience: it exposed the limits of paternalistic capitalism, revealed the extraordinary power of big business, introduced the use of injunctions to stop strikes, and launched the career of the iconic labor leader Eugene Debs. Overall, it reveals what struggles workers encountered when forming unions, the changing role of government regarding the economy, and the threat that unchecked big b
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Steel Odyssey
Book SynopsisIn this wide-ranging interdisciplinary work, the authors draw on history, anthropology, and materials engineering to present a comprehensive and ambitious examination of the multifaceted roles of iron and steel throughout history and the current and future challenges faced by the steel industry.Ohjoon Kwon, Joo Choi, and Hae-Geon Lee provide readers with an in-depth understanding of the history of iron and steel and their impact on human society from a materials engineering perspective. They begin by describing the characteristics of iron and steel and the history of human use of and interaction with these metals by compiling the fundamental knowledge necessary to understand iron's unique properties and metallurgical phenomena. Following this, they explain the influence of steel on human society and culture, focusing on Industrial Revolution and warfare. They also give examples that are rarely discussed elsewhere, such as developments in Asia or iron's influence on thought an
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Country Books Red Blood for Black Gold
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Cambridge University Press Capitalism Inequality and Labour in India
Book SynopsisJan Breman takes dispossession as his central theme in this ambitious analysis of labour bondage in India''s changing political economy from 1962 to 2017. When, in a remote past, tribal and low-caste communities were attached to landowning households, their lack of freedom was framed as subsistence-oriented dependency. Breman argues that with colonial rule came the intrusion of capitalism into India''s agrarian economy, leading to a decline in the idea of patronage in the relationship between bonded labour and landowner. Instead, servitude was reshaped as indebtedness. As labour became transformed into a commodity, peasant workers were increasingly pushed out of agriculture and the village but remained adrift in the wider economy. This footloose workforce is subjected to exploitation when their labour power is required and is left in a state of exclusion when it is surplus to demand. The outcome is progressive inequality that is thoroughly capitalist in nature.Trade Review'From Jan Breman's lifetime of research with labour in Gujarat have come original concepts of patronage and exploitation, circular migration, footloose labour, neo-bondage, exclusion and expulsion from social rights and habitat - all now essential to our understanding of India's labour-force. In this tour-de-force, Breman synthesises the history of coercive debt, bondage and servitude, tracing its persistence from colonial roots to the present where tied and contingent labour underpins capitalism with Indian characteristics. Shabash.' Barbara Harriss-White, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford'A masterful summing up of the six decades-long research of Jan Breman in and on India. The deep changes in the mode and manner of social exploitation and the failed promises of a sovereign state have been pursued by the author with a relentless critique of India's capitalist path while retaining a deep empathy for the labouring poor.' K. P. Kannan, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum'In sum, this book makes some valuable points about the capitalist nature of progressive inequality.' A. A. Batabyal, Choice'… Jan Breman's work will certainly stand the test of time not only as evidence to the sufferings and fights of the dispossessed laboring, but also as an exercise in academic excellence, fueled by empathy that ultimately generated profound and intricate scholarly insights.' Nikolay Kamenov, H-Soz-KultTable of ContentsPart I. Labour as Codified in Annals of the State: 1. The country liberated; 2. An end to servitude?; Part II. Constrained in Decrepitude: 3. The commodification of agricultural labour; 4. The class struggle launched and suppressed; 5. The Gandhian road to inclusion; Part III. The Political Economy of Boundless Dispossession: 6. The Agrarian Question posed as the social question; 7. Labour migration: going off and coming back; 8. Indebtedness as labour attachment; Part IV. Conclusion: 9. Capitalism, labour bondage and the social question.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reimagining Industrial Sites
Book SynopsisThe discourse around derelict, former industrial and military sites has grown in recent years. This interest is not only theoretical, and landscape professionals are taking new approaches to the design and development of these sites. This book examines the varied ways in which the histories and qualities of these derelict sites are reimagined in the transformed landscape and considers how such approaches can reveal the dramatic changes that have been wrought on these places over a relatively short time scale. It discusses these issues with reference to eleven sites from the UK, Germany, the USA, Australia and China, focusing specifically on how designers incorporate evidence of landscape change, both cultural and natural. There has been little research into how these developed landscapes are perceived by visitors and local residents. This book examines how the tangible material traces of pastness are interpreted by the visitor and the impact of the intangible elTrade Review"The complex legacy of post-industrial and military landscapes presents ecological challenges across the world today, requiring close scrutiny and imaginative responses. Catherine Heatherington’s fine-grained exploration of the successful recuperation of the former gun-ranges at Rainham Marshes near London, along with other case studies, provides essential insights into how best to approach this new landscape condition. The book provides an invaluable resource for those who now manage such derelict and neglected sites and, ultimately, for the wider public - for whom they are the new landscapes of leisure and environmental renewal." Ken Worpole, Emeritus Professor, Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsPreamble1. Introduction 2. The qualities of derelict, underused and neglected sites 3. Eleven landscapes and their qualities 4. Designing to reveal change ‘Musing on the tracks – the first interlude 5. Perceptions of material and spatial qualities in developed sites ‘Temporalities at Orford Ness’ – the second interlude 6. Perceptions of temporal qualities in developed sites ‘My memories at Bentwaters’ - the third interlude 7. Perceptions of the qualities and their impact on memories 8. Implications for practice 9. Managing change
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Segregation Integration Assimilation
Book SynopsisThere is a widespread concern today with the role and experiences of ethnic and religious minorities, and their potential for conflict and harmony with ''host communities'' and with each other, especially in towns. Interest in historical aspects of these phenomena is growing rapidly, not least in studies of the long and complex history of the towns of Central and Eastern Europe. Most such studies focus on particular places or on particular groups, but this volume offers a broader view covering the period from the tenth to the sixteenth century and regions from Germany to Dalmatia and from Epirus to Livonia, with an emphasis on the territory of medieval Hungary. The focus is on the changing nature of identity, perception and legal status of groups, on relations within and between them, and on the ways in which these elements were affected by the external political regimes and ideologies to which the towns were subjected. Many of the places examined were notable for the complexity of tTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction: segregation, zoning and assimilation in medieval towns, Derek Keene; Various ethnic and religious groups in medieval German towns? Some evidence and reflections, Felicitas Schmieder; Russians in Livonian towns in the 13th and 14th centuries, Anti Selart; '... propter disparitatem linguae et religionis pares ipsis non esse': 'minority' communities in medieval and early modern Lviv, Olha Kozubska-Andrusiv; Foreign ethnic groups in the towns of Southern Hungary in the Middle Ages, Istvan Petrovics; Buda: the multi-ethnic capital of medieval Hungary, Andras Vegh; Late medieval ethnic structures in the inland towns of present-day Slovenia, Boris Golec; Gradation of differences: ethnic and religious minorities in medieval Dubrovnik, Zdenka Janekovic-Romer; Minorities and foreigners in Bulgarian medieval towns in the 12th to 14th centuries: literary and archaeological fragments, Kazimir Popkonstantinov and Rossina Kostova; Nobiles, cives et popolari: 4 towns under the rule of Carlo I Tocco (c.1375-1429), Nada Zecevic; The towns of medieval Hungary in the reports of contemporary travellers, Balazs Nagy; Crown, gown and town: zones of royal, ecclesiastical and civic interaction in medieval Buda and Visegrad, Jozsef Laszlovszky; Integration through language. The multilingual character of late medieval Hungarian towns, Katalin Szende; The visual image of the 'other' in medieval urban space: patterns and constructions, Gerhard Jaritz; Index.
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge History Handbook of Gender and the
Book SynopsisChallenging current perspectives of urbanisation, The Routledge History Handbook of Gender and the Urban Experience explores how our towns and cities have shaped and been shaped by cultural, spatial and gendered influences. This volume discusses gender in an urban context in European, North American and colonial towns from the fourteenth to the twentieth century, casting new light on the development of medieval and modern settlements across the globe.Organised into six thematic parts covering economy, space, civic identity, material culture, emotions and the colonial world, this book comprises 36 chapters by key scholars in the field. It covers a wide range of topics, from women and citizenship in medieval York to gender and tradition in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South African cities, reframing our understanding of the role of gender in constructing the spaces and places that form our urban environment.Interdisciplinary and transnational in scope, thisTrade Review'In a rich super-collection of 36 essays plus introductions, this Routledge History Handbook offers exciting fare for readers of diverse geographical and temporal interests. Sweeping across Europe, including several of its less familiar northern domains, and reaching out to some of its distant colonies, the anthology spans six centuries. Fruitful coherence and lots of striking fresh insights emerge from the sustained focus on a novel intersection of two themes: gender, both as ideas and in persons, and urban experiences and spaces.'Elizabeth S. Cohen, York University, Canada 'In a rich super-collection of 36 essays plus introductions, this Routledge History Handbook offers exciting fare for readers of diverse geographical and temporal interests. Sweeping across Europe, including several of its less familiar northern domains, and reaching out to some of its distant colonies, the anthology spans six centuries. Fruitful coherence and lots of striking fresh insights emerge from the sustained focus on a novel intersection of two themes: gender, both as ideas and in persons, and urban experiences and spaces.'Elizabeth S. Cohen, York University, Canada 'Simonton ... presents an exciting body of work that simultaneously offers broad overviews and detailed microâ-studies.'Jennifer Aston, The Economic History Review'Overall, the Handbook is a vast and empirically rich collection of essays, which is a valuable resource for researchers, and will undoubtedly be informative for both scholarship and teaching. Students interested in gender, urban history and their relationship will also find much here, and will particularly benefit from the helpful advice for further reading included at the end of the book. The collection makes an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the gendering of urban experiences, spaces, and places, and what ultimately resonates throughout the volume is the exciting range and variety of current work on gender in an urban context.'Laura Harrison, Women's History ReviewTable of ContentsGender and the Urban Experience – Introduction PART I Economy, Circulations and Exchanges – Introduction Anne Montenach1 Patterns of Transmission and Urban Experience – When Gender Matters Anna Bellavitis2 Women, Gender and Credit in Early Modern Western European Towns Cathryn Spence3 Toleration, Liberty and Privileges – Gender and Commerce in Eighteenth-century European Towns Deborah Simonton4 Gender and Business during the Industrial Revolution Hannah Barker5 Poverty, Family Economies and Survival Strategies in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries – A Gender ApproachMontserrat Carbonell-Esteller6 Gendered Experiences of Work and Migration in Western Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Manuela MartiniPART II Space, Place and Environment – Introduction Elaine Chalus7 Male Servants, Identity and Urban Space in Eighteenth-Century England Amanda Flather8 Mapping the Spaces of Seduction– Morality, Gender and the City inEarly Nineteenth-Century Britain Katie Barclay9 Painting the Town – Portrayals of Change in Urban Riversides, London and the Thames, a Case Study Kemille S. Moore10 Modernity and Madrid – The Gendered Urban Geography of Carmen de Burgos’ La rampa Rebecca M. Bender11 Home, Urban Space and Gendered Practices in Mid-Seventeenth-Century Turku Riitta Laitinen12 The Gendered Geography of Violence in Bologna, Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries Sanne Muurling and Marion PluskotaPART III Civic Identity and Political Culture – Introduction Nina Javette Koefoed13 Women and Citizenship in Later Medieval York Sarah Rees Jones14 Civic Identity, ‘Juvenile’ Status and Gender in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Italian TownsEleonora Canepari15 ‘We Had a Row on the Politics of the Day’ – Gender and Political Sociability of the Elites in Stockholm, c. 1770–1800 My Hellsing16 Gender, Philanthropy and Civic Identities in Edinburgh, 1795–1830 Jane Rendall17 Negotiating Respectable Citizenship – Homosexual Emancipation Struggles in Early Twentieth-Century Copenhagen Niels Nyegaard18 Voting as an Act of Estate or Voting as an Act of Class? – Voting Women in Swedish Towns, c. 1720–1920 Åsa Karlsson SjögrenPART IV Material Culture in Gendered Urban Settings – Introduction Marjo Kaartinen19 Gender, Material Culture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Rome Renata Ago20 The Changing Objects of Civic Devotion – Gender, Politics and Votive Commissions in a Late Medieval Dalmatian ConfraternityAna Marinković21 Caring and Healing – Women, Bodies and Materiality in Nineteenth-Century French Cities Anne Carol22 Architectural Language and Mistranslations – A Comparative Global Approach to Women’s Urban Spaces Despina Stratigakos23 Shoes and the City – Shoes and their Sphere of Influence in Colonial America, 1740–1789 Kimberly Alexander24 Gendering the Automobile – Men, Women and the Car in Helsinki, 1900–1930 Teija Försti PART V Intimacy and Emotion – Introduction Katie Barclay25 Shaping London Merchant Identities – Emotions, Reputation and Power in the Court of Chancery Merridee L. Bailey26 Love Thy Neighbour? – The Gendered, Emotional and Spatial Production of Charity and Poverty in Sixteenth-Century France Susan Broomhall27 The Emotional Life of Boys in Eighteenth-Century Mexico CitySonya Lipsett-Rivera28 Emotions, Gender and the Body – The Case of Nineteenth-Century German Spa Towns Heikki Lempa29 Feeling Modern on the Russian Street – From Desire to Despair Mark D. Steinberg30 Risk! Pleasure! Affirmation! – Navigating Queer Urban Spaces in Twentieth-Century ScotlandJeff MeekPART VI The Colonial Town – Introduction Nigel Worden31 A Gendered History of Colonial Spanish American Cities and Towns, 1500s–1800 Leo J. Garofalo32 Gender in Batavia – Asian City, European Company TownJean Gelman Taylor33 Cities at Sea – Gender and Sexuality in the Eighteenth-Century British Colonial City, Philadelphia, Kingston, Madras and Calcutta Clare A. Lyons34 Gender, Race and the Spatiality of the Colonial Town in India Mary Hancock35 Gender and Urban Experience in Nineteenth-Century Australasian Towns Penny Russell36 South African Cities, Gender and Inventions of Tradition in the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Vivian Bickford-Smith
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Feelings and Work in Modern History
Book SynopsisWork in all its guises is a fundamental part of the human experience, and yet it is a setting where emotions rarely take centre stage. This edited collection interrogates the troubled relationship between emotion and work to shed light on the feelings and meanings of both paid and unpaid labour from the late 19th to the 21st century. Central to this book is a reappraisal of emotional labour', now associated with the household and life admin' work largely undertaken by women and which reflects and perpetuates gender inequalities. Critiquing this term, and the history of how work has made us feel, Feelings and Work in Modern History explores the changing values we have ascribed to our labour, examines the methods deployed by workplaces to manage or administrate' our emotions, and traces feelings through 19th, 20th and 21st century Europe, Asia and South America. Exploring the damages wrought to physical and emotional health by certain workplaces and practices, critiquing the patTrade ReviewThis collection makes a critical contribution to the study of work and emotions, highlighting how emotion work shapes—and is shaped by—workers, workplaces, and systems of inequality. * CHOICE *This timely book probes not only how people have felt about work and at work, but also why they felt the ways they did. An important update on Hochschild’s Managed Heart, it digs into the politics of emotional labour, making a significant revision to the history of work. Essential reading. * Rob Boddice, Senior Research Fellow at HEX, Tampere University, Finland *Working life gives rise to many different emotions – from boredom and status anxiety to joy and fulfilment – as well as providing opportunities for friendship, camaraderie, and romance. This accomplished and wide-ranging collection asks searching questions about how work has made people feel since the late nineteenth century. It takes the study of this topic to a new level. * Thomas Dixon, Professor of History, Queen Mary University of London, UK *Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction, Agnes Arnold-Forster and Alison Moulds Part I: Spaces of Labour 2. Emotions and Sexuality at Work: Lyon’s Corner Houses, c.1920-50, Grace Whorrall-Campbell 3. Shop Assistants, ‘Living-In’, and Emotional Health, 1880s-1930s, Alison Moulds 4. The Emotional Landscape of the Hospital Residence in Post-war Britain, Agnes Arnold-Forster 5. Negotiating Deindustrialization: Emotions and Ahmedabad’s Textile Workers, Rukmini Barua Part II: Professional and Personal Identities 6. Education, Work, and Self-Worth in Women’s Letters to Soviet Authorities, 1924-32, Hannah Parker 7. Money, Emotions, and Domestic Service in Buenos Aires, 1950-70, Inés Pérez 8. Managing Feeling in the Academic Workplace: Gender, Emotion and Knowledge Production in a Cambridge Science Department, 1950-80, Sally Horrocks and Paul Merchant 9. Control your Feelings and be a Leader: Representations of Women, Emotions, and Career in Brazilian Media, Tatiane Leal Part III: Emotions, Politics and Power 10. ‘Violent Emotions’: Canine Suffering, Emotional Communities, and the Emotionally-Charged Work of (Anti)Vivisection in London, New York, and Paris, Chris Pearson 11. Whistleblowing, Guilt, and Liberal Democracy, James Brown 12. The ‘System’ of Service: Emotional Labour and the Theatrical Metaphor, Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal 13. Emotional Labour and the Childcare Crisis in Neoliberal Britain, Claire English Afterword by Claire Langhamer Index
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