In this vivid, sweeping history of the industrial revolution, Gavin Weightman shows how, in less than one hundred and fifty years, an unlikely band of scientists, spies, entrepreneurs, and political refugees took a world made of wood, powered by animals, wind, and water, and made it into something entirely new, forged of steel and iron, and ...
One hundred years after the historic first transatlantic radio transmission, the extraordinary and often bizarre story of an amateur inventor and his "magic box". The world at the turn of the twentieth century was in the throes of "Marconi-mania"-brought on by an incredible invention that no one could quite explain, and by a dapper and eccentric ...
As the title suggests, this tale of improbabilities chronicles the dream of Frederic Tudor, a Boston entrepreneur from the 19th century, who envisioned an ice market in the Caribbean, India, and other warm climes, supplied by his ice farm up north. THE FROZEN WATER TRADE looks into the science of freezing, its suggested economic impact, and the ...
As the title suggests, this tale of improbabilities chronicles the dream of Frederic Tudor, a Boston entrepreneur from the 19th century, who envisioned an ice market in the Caribbean, India, and other warm climes, supplied by his ice farm up north. THE FROZEN WATER TRADE looks into the science of freezing, its suggested economic impact, and the ...
The so-called 'industrial revolution' is most commonly presented as a history of machines or a relentless process of innovation that sprang from a new kind of scientific thought forged in the eighteenth century. But, as it emerges in Gavin Weightman's fascinating social history, machines are mere gadgets unless there are people to make good use of ...
London's history has been governed since the time of the Roman occupation by the nature of the River Thames. T.S.Eliot called the river "a strong brown god", and it has always had the power to carry life to London and the other towns of the valley and the power to take it away. Half the history of the river is about its value as a highway, as a ...
Accompanying a London Weekend Television series, this book traces the history of popular entertainment in London from the end of the 19th century to the present day. From the Victorian pub with its brilliant gas lighting and enticing cut glass, through the creation of the music halls and variety shows, to the rise of "serious" West-End theatre and ...
Tied to a six-part Channel 4 series, this book examines the great changes that have taken place in Britain's emergency services over the past 20 years, and recounts famous disasters such as the Kings Cross Underground fire and the Clapham Junction crash. It explores the methods used by the emergency services, and how they have developed, and ...
Gavin Weightman tells the story of how Guglielmo Marconi invented the wireless - and how it amused Queen Victoria, saved the lives of the Titanic survivors, tracked down criminals and began the radio revolution. The wireless was one of the most fabulous inventions of the 19th century: the public thought it was magic, the popular newspapers ...
Written to accompany the London Weekend Television programme, this book charts the rise of the traditional family Christmas from its origins in the Victorian era to the present day. Drawing on material from 19th century newspapers and magazines, it reveals how the Victorian way of celebrating Christmas arose and traces the roots of popular ...
"What the Industrial Revolution Did For Us" is a journey back in time, giving the reader an insight into how British life was transformed between 1750 and 1830, and how it shaped the world we live in today. So what did the Industrial Revolution do for us? Without the huge advances in science, engineering and medicine and the cast of ...
On their original publication, the four volumes of "The Making of Modern London" were hailed as innovative and riveting histories of the city, combining living memory with diligent historical research. Accompanying a popular television series of the same name, "The Making of Modern London" was a ground-breaking publication and drew upon the ...
The launching of "Picture Post" in October 1938 was a milestone in British journalism. Its emphasis on using photographs, rather than text, to tell a story was something completely new. This is a selection from the magazine's archives, containing examples of photojournalism from the war and post-war years to 1957. The material is arranged ...
This is one of a series of photographic books, "Pictures From the Past", which has been compiled from the archives of the Hulton-Deutsch collection. Each title in the series covers one aspect of English life in the late-19th or early-20th century and has a short general introduction to set the historical context. The photographs are accompanied by ...
This is one of a series of photographic books, "Pictures From the Past", which has been compiled from the archives of the Hulton-Deutsch collection. Each title in the series covers one aspect of English life in the late-19th or early-20th century and has a short general introduction to set the historical context. The photographs are accompanied by ...
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