Books available for review

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Books available for review in IA (last updated 10•Oct•22).

Fehring, Thomas H. and Terry S. Reynolds (eds.) Chronicles of Mechanical Engineering in the United States(New York: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021). 425 pp., softcover, 250+ illustrations. ISBN 9798585356056.
Structure of Skyscrapers Cover Friedman, Donald, The Structure of Skyscrapers in America, 1871–1900. Their History and Preservation. (Springfield, IL: Association for Preservation Technology Int’l., 2020). 450pp [PB], 539 illustrations. ISBN 978-0-9986347-1-5.
Kahn, Matthew E. and Mac McComas, Unlocking the Potential of Post-Industrial Cities (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021). 153 pp., softcover.
Kavett, Joshua A., The History of Fisher & Norris Eagle Anvil Works 1843-2020 (Adelphia, New Jersey: FNFM Publishing, 2020). 376 pp., hardcover, color illustrations. ISBN: 978-1-09831-166-7.
Montoya Mar, Francisco, Arqueología en la fábrica de dulces La Esperanza (Zacatecas, Mex.: Universidad Autonóma de Zacatecas, 2019). 193 pp., paperbound. [in Spanish]
Howell, Jack, The Lost Cotton Gins of Central Texas. (n.p.: the author, 2011). 142pp., paperbound.

William Metzger, The Great Allegheny Passage companion: guide to history & heritage along the trail, 2nd ed. (Pittsburgh: Local History Co., 2021), 319pp.

Useche, Founders of the Future cover

Useche, Óscar Iván, Founders of the Future: The Science and Industry of Spanish Modernization, (Rutgers U.P, 2022), 300pp. ISBN 978-1-684-48385-3.

The 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group, The Work Journals of William Dickson, Wright at Cockenzie, 1717-1745 (Scotish record Society and Tanner Ritchie, 2022), 320pp. ISBN XXX
Black Hoosac Tunnel cover Black, Andrew R. Buried Dreams: The Hoosac Tunnel and the Demise of the Railroad Age (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2020), 240pp.
Modern Mobility Aloft Amy D. Finstein. Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America. Temple University Press, 2020. 304pp.
Sarah Fayen Scarlett, Company Suburbs: Architecture, Power, and the Transformation of Michigan’s Mining Frontier (University of Tennessee Press, 2021), ###pp.

 

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Information for Reviewers

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Information for Publishers

IA is interested in reviewing all books whose topic is or is adjacent to industrial archaeology in its broadest sense. We welcome academic, mass market, small press, and publications from local historical societies. Our receipt of a book does not guarantee a review and we have limited capacity to review books in languages other than English (please contact us if you have a concern). Unsolicited material will not be retuned, but we do endeavor to find a reviewer for all books received.

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