Industrial Heritage in Denmark: Landscape, Environments and Historical Archaeology edited by Caspar Jørgensen & Morten Pedersen is their accessibly-written academic coffee table-ish local architecture and archaeology book, which presents nicely-illustrated case studies of significant industrial and manufacturing sites in Denmark from the 1840s-1970s, giving their development, excavation, and conservation histories as well as more general information on cultural preservation strategies, free for a limited time courtesy of Aarhus University Press in Denmark.
This is their featured English-language Free Book of the Month selection for October.
Currently free through October directly @
the university's dedicated promo page (DRM-free PDF available worldwide, approx 40 mb), and you can read more about the book on its
regular catalogue page
Description
In presenting 25 industrial sites of national significance in the context of changing techno-economic paradigms, this book considers the development of Danish industrial landscapes and built-up environments in the period 1840-1970.
Three case studies of ports, sugar mills, and cement plants are also presented. The book concludes with two chapters that discuss perceptions and strategies for the conversion of industrial sites, and an overview is given covering the preservation of industrial heritage in Denmark, historically.