The Texture of Industry : An Archaeological View of the Industrialization of North America Paperback / softback
by Robert B. (Professor of Geophysics and Applied Mechanics, Professor of Geophysics and Applie Gordon, Patrick M. (Senior Lecturer, Urban Studies Program and Department of American Civilization, Malone
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:456 pages, numerous halftones, line figures, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:27/02/1997
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- ISBN:9780195111415
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:456 pages, numerous halftones, line figures, tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:27/02/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195111415