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 from 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.
Author(s): Robert B. Gordon, Patrick M. Malone
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 457
Contents......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
1. Industrial Archaeology......Page 26
2. Components of Industry......Page 52
3. Wood and Water......Page 72
4. Coal, Canals, Railways, and Industrial Cities......Page 132
5. Scarce Metals and Petroleum......Page 192
6. Countryside, Shops, and Ships......Page 242
7. Fuel and Materials......Page 274
8. The Factory......Page 312
9. Work in Factories......Page 362
Bibliography......Page 414
B......Page 440
D......Page 441
H......Page 442
N......Page 443
R......Page 444
V......Page 445
Y......Page 446
B......Page 448
D......Page 449
F......Page 450
H......Page 451
L......Page 452
O......Page 453
R......Page 454
S......Page 455
W......Page 456
Z......Page 457
