Download or read book Fossil Capital written by Andreas Malm and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping study of how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power—and contributed to the worsening climate crisis The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Andreas Malm claims it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. But why did manufacturers turn from traditional sources of power, notably water mills, to an engine fired by coal? Contrary to established views, steam offered neither cheaper nor more abundant energy—but rather superior control of subordinate labor. Animated by fossil fuels, capital could concentrate production at the most profitable sites and during the most convenient hours, as it continues to do today. Sweeping from nineteenth-century Manchester to the emissions explosion in China, from the original triumph of coal to the stalled shift to renewables, this study hones in on the burning heart of capital and demonstrates, in unprecedented depth, that turning down the heat will mean a radical overthrow of the current economic order. “The definitive deep history on how our economic system created the climate crisis. Superb, essential reading from one of the most original thinkers on the subject.” —Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine

Download or read book Preston Cotton Martyrs written by J. S. Leigh and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preston was no ordinary town during the nineteenth century. While king cotton reigned supreme throughout Lancashire, the underlying ills associated with this industry were very often highlighted particularly starkly there. This book presents an indictment of the industrial system that caused such suffering to Preston's cotton 'martyrs'.

Download or read book Unpublished Documents Relating to the English Martyrs written by John Hungerford Pollen and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Preston Court Leet Records written by Preston (Lancashire, England). Court Leet and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire written by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cotton Mills of Preston written by Colin Dickinson and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's unique record of the mills of Preston will enthral those who worked in the mills and is a rich source of information for anyone interested in cotton mills and steam power. This invaluable book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the mills which forested Preston's skyline until the latter half of the last century. Colin Dickinson has always been fascinated by the mills, and more specifically the engines which powered them. Without these astonishing machines, mass production of cotton would not have been possible. Many years of meticulous research, supported by visits to mills and interviews with mill workers, has resulted in a book which no-one else could have written in this way. Mill after mill was demolished when King Cotton died, but the author had the foresight to photograph large numbers of them before they disappeared from view. His images stand as a permanent record of an industry and way of life that survive only in the memories of the thousands of Preston folk who worked in the mills. Decade by decade this book charts the role of steam power in the great mills of Preston during the century-and-a-half of their operation.In chronological order it lists every cotton factory to appear on the scene, presenting building dates, site layouts, constructional details, spindleage, loomage, ownerships and final closure dates. Cotton Mills of Preston: The Power Behind the Thread' will enthral those who worked in the mills and is a rich source of information for anyone interested in cotton mills and steam power.

Download or read book Secret Preston written by Keith Johnson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Preston's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

Download or read book History of Preston written by Atticus and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The British National Bibliography written by Arthur James Wells and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 2744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memorials of the Preston Guilds Illustrating the Manner in which the Guild Merchant has been Held in the Borough from the Earliest on Record Until the Last Guild in 1862 written by William Alexander Abram and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Download or read book Heroes and Martyrs of Inventions written by George Makepeace Towle and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS:Early InventorsLaurence Coster, the Discoverer of Type PrintingJohn Gutenberg, the Inventor of the Printing PressPalissy the PotterWilliam Lee, the Inventor of the Stocking FrameThe Builders of The EddystoneThe Inventors of Cotton MachineryJames Watt, the Inventor of the Steam EngineThe Montgolfiers and the BalloonHumphry Davy and the Safety LampJames Nasmyth and the Steam HammerGeorge Stephenson, the Inventor of the Railway LocomotiveRobert Stephenson, the Great Bridge BuilderRobert Fulton and the Steam BoatThe Struggles of Charles GoodyearElias Howe and the Sewing MachineIron and Its Workers

Download or read book The Ven Philip Howard Earl of Arundel 1557 1595 written by Philip Howard Earl of Arundel (Saint) and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of the Cotton Famine written by Sir R. Arthur Arnold and published by London : Saunders, Otley. This book was released on 1864 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British Trade Unions 1707 1918 Part II written by W Hamish Fraser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features 8 volumes of British Trade Unions 1707-1918, reproduced in facsimile, showing the many significant pamphlets, essays, articles and letters from this important period in British history. Presented chronologically, the texts re-map the history of the trade union, contextualising its development from inception through to the 20th Century. Part 2 includes Volumes 5 to 8.

Download or read book British Trade Unions 1707 1918 Part II Volume 8 written by W Hamish Fraser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from a variety of libraries and archives, this collection brings together material to illustrate the history of the development of trade unionism and industrial relations. It spans the period from the early journeymen's trade societies as they emerged in the 18th-Century through to the end of the First World War. This is the final volume of 8, Part II Vol 8 spans 1912-1918.

Download or read book Insanitary City written by Paul Laxton and published by Carnegie Pub.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Insanitary City will be an invaluable addition to historical knowledge in this area and seems destined to become the standard reference work ... I believe it will be a classic of its genre.'

Download or read book Early Trade Unionism written by Malcolm Chase and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the heartland of British labour history, trade unionism has been marginalised in much recent scholarship. In a critical survey from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, this book argues for its reinstatement. Trade unionism is shown to be both intrinsically important and to provide a window onto the broader historical landscape; the evolution of trade union principles and practices is traced from the seventeenth century to mid-Victorian times. Underpinning this survey is an explanation of labour organisation that reaches back to the fourteenth century. Throughout, the emphasis is on trade union mentality and ideology, rather than on institutional history. There is a critical focus on the politics of gender, on the demarcation of skill and on the role of the state in labour issues. New insight is provided on the long-debated question of trade unions’ contribution to social and political unrest from the era of the French Revolution through to Chartism.