Author: Pierre Miquel
Publisher: Silver Burdett Press
ISBN: 9780382066443
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Text and illustrations describe the day-to-day life and political, military, economic, and cultural events in Europe in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Europe's Age of Steam
Author: Pierre Miquel
Publisher: Silver Burdett Press
ISBN: 9780382066443
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Text and illustrations describe the day-to-day life and political, military, economic, and cultural events in Europe in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Publisher: Silver Burdett Press
ISBN: 9780382066443
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Text and illustrations describe the day-to-day life and political, military, economic, and cultural events in Europe in the middle of the nineteenth century.
French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914
Author: Stephen S. Roberts
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1526745348
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description
“This outstanding book will be essential for future studies of naval policy in the period between la Gloire and the Great War.” —The Naval Review This book is the first comprehensive listing in English of more than 1400 warships that were added to the official French navy fleet list between 1 January 1859 and World War I. It includes everything from the largest battleships to a small armoured gunboat that looked like a floating egg. Reflecting the main phases of naval policy, the ships are listed in three separate parts to keep contemporary designs together and then by ship type and class. For each class the book provides a design history explaining why the ships were built, substantial technical characteristics for the ships as completed and after major reconstructions, and selected career milestones including the ultimate fate of each ship. Following the earlier volumes written jointly with Rif Winfield, French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626–1786 and French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861, this trilogy now provides a complete picture of the development of French warships over a period of almost three centuries. “As a technical reference on the French ships of 1859 to 1914, this book is a must for the serious naval architecture student, modeler, or enthusiast. So much solid information is packed in this book, arranged logically, clearly and with so many illustrations, I cannot see where another volume on this subject can compete. Highly recommended!” —Nautical Research Journal “Superlatives abound in describing this book, arguably the finest naval ‘shiplist’ ever created.” —Warship International
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1526745348
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description
“This outstanding book will be essential for future studies of naval policy in the period between la Gloire and the Great War.” —The Naval Review This book is the first comprehensive listing in English of more than 1400 warships that were added to the official French navy fleet list between 1 January 1859 and World War I. It includes everything from the largest battleships to a small armoured gunboat that looked like a floating egg. Reflecting the main phases of naval policy, the ships are listed in three separate parts to keep contemporary designs together and then by ship type and class. For each class the book provides a design history explaining why the ships were built, substantial technical characteristics for the ships as completed and after major reconstructions, and selected career milestones including the ultimate fate of each ship. Following the earlier volumes written jointly with Rif Winfield, French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626–1786 and French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861, this trilogy now provides a complete picture of the development of French warships over a period of almost three centuries. “As a technical reference on the French ships of 1859 to 1914, this book is a must for the serious naval architecture student, modeler, or enthusiast. So much solid information is packed in this book, arranged logically, clearly and with so many illustrations, I cannot see where another volume on this subject can compete. Highly recommended!” —Nautical Research Journal “Superlatives abound in describing this book, arguably the finest naval ‘shiplist’ ever created.” —Warship International
A Brief History of the Age of Steam
Author: Thomas Crump
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam reveals not just the lives of the great inventors such as Watts, Stephenson and Brunel but also tells a narrative that reaches from the US to the expansion of China, India, and South America and shows how the steam engine changed the world.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam reveals not just the lives of the great inventors such as Watts, Stephenson and Brunel but also tells a narrative that reaches from the US to the expansion of China, India, and South America and shows how the steam engine changed the world.
European Migrants
Author: Dirk Hoerder
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781555532437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Includes statistics.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781555532437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Includes statistics.
The Most Powerful Idea in the World
Author: William Rosen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226726347
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
"The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226726347
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
"The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.
A History of Europe
Author: Ferdinand Schevill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Europe Since 1815
Author: Charles Downer Hazen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe
Author: Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Unlocking the World
Author: John Darwin
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141992808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
From the acclaimed historian of global empire, the dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world order Steam power transformed our world, initiating the complex, resource-devouring industrial system the consequences of which we live with today. It revolutionized work and production, but also the ease and cost of movement over land and water. The result was to throw open vast areas of the world to the rampaging expansion of Europeans and Americans on a scale previously unimaginable. Unlocking the World is the captivating history of the great port cities which emerged as the bridgeheads of this new steam-driven economy, reshaping not just the trade and industry of the regions around them but their culture and politics as well. They were the agents of what we now call 'globalization', but their impact and influence, and the reactions they provoked, were far from predictable. Nor were they immune to the great upheavals in world politics across the 'steam century'. This book is global history at its very best. Packed with fascinating case histories (from New Orleans to Montreal, Bombay to Singapore, Calcutta to Shanghai), individual stories and original ideas, Darwin's book allows us, for better or worse, to see the modern age taking shape.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141992808
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
From the acclaimed historian of global empire, the dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world order Steam power transformed our world, initiating the complex, resource-devouring industrial system the consequences of which we live with today. It revolutionized work and production, but also the ease and cost of movement over land and water. The result was to throw open vast areas of the world to the rampaging expansion of Europeans and Americans on a scale previously unimaginable. Unlocking the World is the captivating history of the great port cities which emerged as the bridgeheads of this new steam-driven economy, reshaping not just the trade and industry of the regions around them but their culture and politics as well. They were the agents of what we now call 'globalization', but their impact and influence, and the reactions they provoked, were far from predictable. Nor were they immune to the great upheavals in world politics across the 'steam century'. This book is global history at its very best. Packed with fascinating case histories (from New Orleans to Montreal, Bombay to Singapore, Calcutta to Shanghai), individual stories and original ideas, Darwin's book allows us, for better or worse, to see the modern age taking shape.
Europe, 1789-1920
Author: Edward Raymond Turner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description