Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

Numerous buildings and structures associated with coalmining have been made redundant by the recent and rapid contraction of the industry and many now face a uncertain future. The photographs in this book form part of a comprehensive record of coal industry architecture made by the Royal Commission in response to that threat. From pit-head baths and colliery headgear to model housing and miners' memorials, these images capture the full variety of the coal industry's impact on the environment. The supporting text explains the history and development of building types that have been taken for granted up till now, but which, looked at in detail, tell the fascinating story of a once-mighty industry.

Product Description: La Historia de los heterodoxos españoles es un documentado estudio de los movimientos espirituales contracorriente de la península Ibérica.

A survey of mills in East Cheshire, the centre of the silk industry in England. The authors have established that the factory system, and the architecture associated with it pre-dated by a generation the more widely known factories of Richard Arkwright and others. This book goes beyond just looking at the factories but also includes the houses, landscapes and communities generated by the industry.

The modern town of Swindon has its origin in the decision of Brunel and Gooch to base the works of the Great Western Railway there. This book surveys the history and architecture of the site of the railway works and the associated railway village through documents, drawings and photographs.

Product Description: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process...read more

Product Description: Emiliano Zapata Salazar (1879-1919). México. Fue uno de los líderes principales de la Revolución Mexicana. Nació en San Miguel Anenecuilco, distrito de Ayala, en el estado de Morelos el 8 de agosto de 1879. En septiembre de 1909 fue electo presidente de la junta de defensa de las tierras de Anenecuilco...read more