Manufacturing Industries

Sheffield's Industries: Cutlery, Silver and Edge Tools

The movement for a shorter workweek that once defined the labor movement in the United States was largely displaced by the new corporatist structur...

The movement for a shorter workweek that once defined the labor movement in the United States was largely displaced by the new corporatist structur...

Nearly every country that produces cars views the automobile industry as strategically important because of its direct economic significance and be...

"An innovative book for an innovative topic." Charles Hampden-Turner Like the subject matter it covers, Clusters of Creativity is innovative and o...

Did Patrizia Reggiani murder her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci, in 1995 because his spending was wildly out of control? Did she do it because her glam...

In its 104-year history, Lincoln Electric Company has managed to sustain its status as the world's leader in welding technology despite intense dom...

Long a bastion of Jewish labor power, garment unions provided financial and political aid essential to founding and building the nation of Israel. ...

Throughout history, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despi...

In large cities in developed countries, the share of manufacturing has declined drastically in the last decades and the share of service has grown ...

Long a bastion of Jewish labor power, garment unions provided financial and political aid essential to founding and building the nation of Israel. ...

Throughout history, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despi...

In this timely collection, some of the world's leading ethicists grapple with the variety of issues posed by human embryonic stem cell research. ...

This book offers a timely and critical reflection on how states have responded to the test of terrorism in the long shadow of 9/11. Terrorism has b...

Vauxhall: A History tells the story of the cars, the people that built them and also of Bedford, the truck and van division of Vauxhall.

This book, the first ever based on unrestricted access to General Motors’ internal records, documents the giant American corporation’s dealings wit...

Provides an insight into the history of brewing in Warwickshire. This book charts the history of the county's licensed trade from humble beginnings...

This volume deals with the diverse range of industries concerned with the supply and processing of food in the UK. It covers sources relating to fo...

The demand for economic inclusion has increasingly intensified, as manifested by the growing movements of farmers, workers and social activists. Th...

Zero Waste Fashion Design combines practical examples, flat patterns and more than 20 exercises to help you incorporate this sustainable technique ...

From the rise of chemical technology in antiquity to the present day, Igniting the Chemical Ring of Fire tracks the development of professional che...

This book examines the decline of the cotton textiles industry, which defined Britain as an industrial nation, from its peak in the late nineteenth...

Lee focuses on the historical and cultural journey of Chinese family businesses (CFBs) in Malaysia, uncovering the dynamic interplay of ethnic reso...

Since 2008, while the global automotive manufacturing has been faltering, the Chinese auto industry has been swiftly transformed into the largest p...