Wind, Water, Work

Adam Lucas, MScSoc, MA (Hons), Ph.D. (2003) in History and Philosophy of Science, University of New South Wales, is a Researcher and Policy Analyst in the New South Wales Cabinet Office. His previous academic publications have been in the sociology of science and technology and the history of technology.

• List if illustrations/ figuresFigure of sourcesList of tablesAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart One Agricultural Milling in Ancient and Medieval Societies1. Milling Technology in the Ancient World2. Milling Technology in the first millennium CE3. Tide mills and windmills in the middle ages4. The costs of construction and maintenance of medieval watermills and windmills5. The role of monasteries in the development of milling in medieval EnglandPart Two Industrial Milling in the Middle Ages6. Was there an industrial revolution in the middle ages based on water-power?7. Medieval European industrial mills8. Medieval English industrial mills9. The medieval Welsh fulling industryConclusion10. The social shaping of milling technology in the pre-modern periodAppendicesBibliographyIndex