Structural Iron and Steel, 1850–1900

'The aim of Ashgate's twelve volume series is to bring together collections of important papers on particular topics from scholarly journals, conference proceedings and other hard-to-access sources. This is a wholly laudable objective. Some of the papers in the volume under review (The Civil Engineering of Canals and Railways before 1850) cannot be found even in abundantly-resourced academic libraries. The series opens up, directly or indirectly, debates over the nature of historical evidence which arise from the profoundly different approaches to the past of historians of technology, whose works are principally represented in these volumes, industrial archaeologists and social and economic historians.' Industrial Archaeology Review, Vol. XXI, No. 1 ’...a valuable reference...Readers will recognise the value not only of the individual contributions, but also of the introductory essay that is a valuable survey and account of this development.’ The Victorian '... well selected and well organised... This work is strongly recommended for both public and academic libraries. The volume's usefulness extends beyond civil engineering students and practicing civil engineers to laypeople as well. ...gives laypeople a new way of looking at engineering structure.' E-Streams '... an excellent series with a vast amount of information... I highly recommend this volume, and for that matter, the whole series. It is a marvellous collection of articles by some of the most noted scholars in the field.' Industrial Archaeology Review, XXIV, No.2, 2002