Industrial category: 6894 books
by Chicago Architecture Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2003
The Chicago Bungalow is more than a housing style indigenous to the city. It epitomizes Chicago's work ethic and its rewards for successive waves of ethnic newcomers to the city since the early 20th century. In this book, the Chicago Architecture Foundation interprets both the design and the meaning...
World Class Manufacturing: The Next Decade
Building Power, Strength, and Value
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Since the invention of double-entry bookkeeping, managers have judged a company's worth by sales and profits. Now, Richard J. Schonberger, the architect of the worldwide Just-In-Time revolution, reaches beyond "financials" to redefine excellence -- and reveals, with new benchmark data, how pioneers...
The Great Disruption
Competing and Surviving in the Second Wave of the Industrial Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
The Great Disruption reveals how 3D printing manufacturing will transform the world in the same way that Henry Ford’s Model T upended transportation or Gutenberg’s printing press started an information revolution. It traces both the impact of this disruption as it rapidly spreads around the world...
The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor
Birth of a New Workers' Movement or Death Throes of the Old?
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
The bureau of labor statistics reports that in 2008 there were 16.1 million union members in the United States; 2.2 million are represented by the Service Employees' Industrial Union (SEIU)
Written by a long time labor leader with first hand insights into the topic
The economic crisis...
Century of Progress
A Photographic Tour of the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Between 1933 and 1934, over 48 million visitors attended "A Century of Progress Exposition," the world's fair located in Chicago, Illinois. Conceived of during the Roaring Twenties and born during the Great Depression, this was a sprawling event celebrating Chicago's 100th anniversary with industrial...
by Mary Harris Jones
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Among the most stirring works of labor history ever written, this autobiography of Mother Jones (née Mary Harris) chronicles the life of a woman who was considered a saint by many, and by others, "the most dangerous woman in America." A forceful and picturesque figure in the American labor...
Tajikistan
Promoting Export Diversification and Growth
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Building on robust economic growth since the end of a civil war in 1997, Tajikistan has transformed itself into a service economy driven by consumer spending fueled by strong remittance inflow. Yet the transfer of resources to high value-added sectors has been restrained, and structural change has...
by Nancy V. Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2009
Nestled on the banks of the Hudson River, Rhinebeck, New York, is a shining example of American architectural history. Lifelong resident and Town Historian Nancy Kelly scrutinizes Rhinebeck's eclectic structures, from modest cabins to Victorian estates, framed colonial homes to elaborate Beaux Arts mansions....
Janesville
An American Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * **Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize ***800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2017 * An Economist Best...
One World Trade Center
Biography of the Building
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
The behind-the-scenes story of the most extraordinary building in the world, from the bestselling author of Skyscrapers
In this groundbreaking history, bestselling author Judith Dupré chronicles the most astonishing architectural project in memory: One World Trade Center.
The new World...
by Sharon Koskoff
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2007
Art Deco design is a jazzy celebration of the Machine Age, mass production, geometry, and the straight line. In Palm Beach County, sleek themes are seen representing tropical, nautical, masculine, and stylized motifs that reflect speed and technology. Elements include eyebrows, flat roofs, porthole windows,...
by Giuseppe Marinoni, Paolo Rosselli
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 26, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 26, 2015
Casa Rustici di Terragni e Lingeri sta tornando ai suoi originali splendori. Da quando è stata dichiarata monumento nazionale nel 1992, si è risvegliata una consapevolezza orientata alla tutela. Le pietre dei pavimenti, le pareti di vetromattone, i marmi delle facciate, sono stati restaurati. Accurate...
by Rebecca Binno Savage, Greg Kowalski
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2004
Since the 1920s, Art Deco, or "The Modern Style," has delighted people with its innovative use of materials and designs that capture the spirit of optimism to create the style of the future. Although the Detroit metro area is primarily known as an industrial region, it boasts some of the finest examples...
Frank Lloyd Wright and Mason City
Architectural Heart of the Prairie
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
“A superb study of what a stellar group of architects accomplished in the Iowa locale, not to mention the vision of the locals” (Universitas).
In the early 1900s, Frank Lloyd Wright transformed a small midwestern prairie community into one of the world’s most important architectural destinations....