Wind, Water, Work
Biographical note
Adam Lucas, MScSoc, MA (Hons), Ph.D. (2003) in History and Philosophy of Science, University of New South Wales, is a Researcher and Policy Analyst in the New South Wales Cabinet Office. His previous academic publications have been in the sociology of science and technology and the history of technology.
Readership
All those interested in the history of pre-modern technology, and particularly specialists in the history of science and technology, industrial archaeology, medieval and classical studies, and social and economic history.
Table of contents
List if illustrations/ figures
Figure of sources
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One Agricultural Milling in Ancient and Medieval Societies
1. Milling Technology in the Ancient World
2. Milling Technology in the first millennium CE
3. Tide mills and windmills in the middle ages
4. The costs of construction and maintenance of medieval watermills and windmills
5. The role of monasteries in the development of milling in medieval England
Part Two Industrial Milling in the Middle Ages
6. Was there an industrial revolution in the middle ages based on water-power?
7. Medieval European industrial mills
8. Medieval English industrial mills
9. The medieval Welsh fulling industry
Conclusion
10. The social shaping of milling technology in the pre-modern period
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
Figure of sources
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One Agricultural Milling in Ancient and Medieval Societies
1. Milling Technology in the Ancient World
2. Milling Technology in the first millennium CE
3. Tide mills and windmills in the middle ages
4. The costs of construction and maintenance of medieval watermills and windmills
5. The role of monasteries in the development of milling in medieval England
Part Two Industrial Milling in the Middle Ages
6. Was there an industrial revolution in the middle ages based on water-power?
7. Medieval European industrial mills
8. Medieval English industrial mills
9. The medieval Welsh fulling industry
Conclusion
10. The social shaping of milling technology in the pre-modern period
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
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