Paul Kennedy

From Singapore to San Francisco

Unlocking the World: Port Cities and Globalization in the Age of Steam, 1830–1930

By John Darwin

Asa Briggs

Fragile Landscapes

The Making of the Industrial Landscape

By Barrie Trinder

Patrick Taylor-Martin

Carry On Improving

The Great Exhibitor: The Life and Work of Henry Cole

By Elizabeth Bonython, Anthony Burton

Catherine Peters

The Lust for Acquisition

Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain

By Judith Flanders

Waxing Mythical: The Life and Legend of Madame Tussaud

By Kate Berridge

John Martin Robinson

Urban Wasteland

Britain’s Lost Cities

By Gavin Stamp

Stephen Halliday

Trainspotting

Fire and Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain

By Christian Wolmar

Leo McKinstry

Pioneers at Work

The Industrial Revolutionaries: The Creation of the Modern World 1776–1914

By Gavin Weightman