World Industrial Archaeology

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title World Industrial Archaeology
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kenneth Hudson
SeriesNew Studies in Archaeology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170
Category/GenreArchaeology
ISBN/Barcode 9780521293303
ClassificationsDewey:609 609
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 5 April 1979
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Since the 1950s, when the phrase 'industrial archaeology' was coined, there has been an enormous growth of interest in what have come to be seen as the monuments of our more recent past. One result of this is that all kinds of old industrial plant, once valued only for what it could produce or do, have been accorded an intrinsic value often tinged with a somewhat incongruous nostalgia. In this book Kenneth Hudson sets out to restore these monuments to their place at the centre of the wider history they embody, social and economic as well as technical. Less than this, he claims, cannot properly be called industrial archaeology. Taking each major industry in turn Mr Hudson provides fully illustrated examples from many countries. By making this a study of world industrial archaeology, Mr Hudson escapes from the idea that the subject is confined to a period roughly denoted by the Industrial Revolution in England.