B J Buchanan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1136196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B J Buchanan |
| GIVEN NAMES | B J |
| FAMILY NAME | Buchanan |
| SIGNATURE | BUCHANAN B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Turnpike Roads
The Evolution of the English Turnpike Trusts
T he demythologizing of transport studies begun in recent years has shifted attention from an interest in individual undertakings towards a broader and more systematic analysis of transport developments in relation to national economy. This move towards the New Transport History: a subject which has escaped from antiquarianism and narrative2 may make present return to a narrow focus seem retrograde, even wilful. Such an unfashionable step can, ho…
The Manufacture of Gunpowder
The manufacture of gunpowder is perhaps one of the most under-rated aspects of the changes associated with the classical years of the British industrial revolution. With its roots in Chinese learning and its associations with alchemy and the search for longevity, this commodity was nevertheless of immense practical significance in the development of both mining and trade, especially the triangular trans-Atlantic trade which brought into Britain s…
The Manufacture of Gunpowder
The manufacture of gunpowder is perhaps one of the most under-rated aspects of the changes associated with the classical years of the British industrial revolution. With its roots in Chinese learning and its associations with alchemy and the search for longevity, this commodity was nevertheless of immense practical significance in the development of both mining and trade, especially the triangular trans-Atlantic trade which brought into Britain s…
The Evolution of the English Turnpike Trusts
T he demythologizing of transport studies begun in recent years has shifted attention from an interest in individual undertakings towards a broader and more systematic analysis of transport developments in relation to national economy. This move towards the New Transport History: a subject which has escaped from antiquarianism and narrative2 may make present return to a narrow focus seem retrograde, even wilful. Such an unfashionable step can, ho…
The Manufacture of Gunpowder
The manufacture of gunpowder is perhaps one of the most under-rated aspects of the changes associated with the classical years of the British industrial revolution. With its roots in Chinese learning and its associations with alchemy and the search for longevity, this commodity was nevertheless of immense practical significance in the development of both mining and trade, especially the triangular trans-Atlantic trade which brought into Britain s…
The Manufacture of Gunpowder
The manufacture of gunpowder is perhaps one of the most under-rated aspects of the changes associated with the classical years of the British industrial revolution. With its roots in Chinese learning and its associations with alchemy and the search for longevity, this commodity was nevertheless of immense practical significance in the development of both mining and trade, especially the triangular trans-Atlantic trade which brought into Britain s…
The Evolution of the English Turnpike Trusts
T he demythologizing of transport studies begun in recent years has shifted attention from an interest in individual undertakings towards a broader and more systematic analysis of transport developments in relation to national economy. This move towards the New Transport History: a subject which has escaped from antiquarianism and narrative2 may make present return to a narrow focus seem retrograde, even wilful. Such an unfashionable step can, ho…
The Turnpike Roads
History (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Alchemy (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Commodity (2 works) · Documentary evidence (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gunpowder (2 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (2 works)