Bøker av Anthony Burton

The First World War is famous for the unprecedented loss of life on a global scale; On a social level, working Britain experienced change as well: with the men at war, it fell to the women of the country to keep the factories going, challenging preconceptions as they did.

From modest beginnings, Britain rose throughout the nineteenth century to become the greatest shipbuilding nation in the world, yet by the end of the following century the British merchant fleet ranked just 38 in the world.

Mining is Britain's oldest industry, and this book follows the men and, in the past, women who spent their lives working underground. This story is also one of invention and innovation, looking particularly at how the independent miners of Cornwall and Devon were at the forefront of the development of the steam engine that was to transform society.

Anatomy of canals Volume 1

This books takes us from the original construction of the canal network through to the conservation and leisure uses of today.

A history of the anatomy of canals