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The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology

Beschreibung

Through international and multi-period chapters, this volume explores the origins and development of industrialization from its emergence in 18th century Europe to its contemporary ubiquity. It interrogates the widespread exploitation of natural resources that forged industrialization and its environmental and social legacy in our globalized world.

Autor

Eleanor Conlin Casella is a historical archaeologist, with particular expertise in colonial and industrial archaeology. Currently a Professor at the University of Tasmania, her work primarily focuses on 19th century institutional sites within their wider global historic contexts. Michael Nevell is the Industrial Heritage Support Officer for England, based at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, and an Honorary Research Fellow in Industrial Archaeology at the University of Salford. He was also the founding Head of Archaeology at the Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford (2009-2020). Hanna Steyne is an archaeologist with expertise in maritime, industrial, and post-medieval archaeology. She has worked on archaeological sites on land and in the inter-tidal zone, and as a qualified commercial diver and has also led research on sites underwater dating from the prehistoric to the modern period.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Handbooks
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 766
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 183mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1634g
• ISBN-13: 9780199693962
• ISBN-10: 019969396X
• Artikelnr.: 66152994