1st Edition

Industrial Archaeology An Historical Survey

By Arthur Raistrick Copyright 1972
332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

Industrial Archaeology (1972) presents an in-depth investigation of the nature, methods and materials of the archaeology of industry in the UK, from pre-Roman times to the late twentieth century. It studies topics such as coal and lead mining, textiles, wagon-ways and railways, canals, iron, steel and chemicals, glass-making, agriculture, brewing and many other trades, illustrated by a large... Read more

1. Introduction: What is Industrial Archaeology?  Part 1. The Materials and Field Evidence of Industrial Archaeology  2. The Metallic Raw Materials  3. Metal-Based Industries  4. Non-metallic Raw Materials  5. Manufactures Based Upon Non-metallic Raw Materials  6. Organic Raw Materials and Industries Based Upon Them  7. Power and Fuel  8. Transport  9. Accommodation – Buildings and Structures  Part 2. A View of Industrial Archaeology in Britain  10. Prehistoric and Roman Industries  11. Dark Age and Medieval Industries  12. Prelude to the Industrial Revolution – the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries  13. The Industrial Revolution – the Eighteenth Century  14. The Industrial Revolution – the Nineteenth Century  Part 3. The Place of Museums in Industrial Archaeology  15. Museums and Industrial Archaeology  16. Preservation, Restoration and Recording

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Arthur Raistrick