Books

CHS acts as a publisher for books on building construction but it has limited funds so all applications from authors have to come with a source of funding. Currently its publications are limited to those connected with events and conferences held by the Society. The society is interested in published guides to sources for construction history and any authors wishing to apply should contact the secretary.

All our books are available for purchase online. Just follow the links below.

Studies in Construction History: The Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society

Edited by James W P Campbell, Nina Baker, Nicholas Bill, Michael Driver, Michael Heaton, Natcha Ruamsanitwong, Fiona Smyth, David Yeomans

This volume contains 45 papers delivered to the annual conference of the Construction History Society hold in Cambridge in April 2023. This was the tenth conference and the papers covered a wide range of fields in construction history from the time of the Romans to the late twentieth century.

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650 pages. Paperback. ISBN 9780992875190

 

 

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Timber and Construction: the Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History

Edited by James W P Campbell, Nina Baker, Mike driver, Michael Heaton, Natcha Ruamsanitwong, Christine Wall and David Yeomans

This volume contains peer reviewed papers presented to the Ninth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society held in Cambridge in April 2022 which covers a wide variety of topics on aspects of construction history, including papers on  timber structures, vaults and roof construction.

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578 Pages. Paperback, ISBN 9780992875183

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The History of Building Trades and Professionalism: the Proceedings of the Eighth Conference of the Construction History Society

Edited by James W P Campbell, Nina Baker, Michael Driver, Michael Heaton, Natcha Ruamsanitwong, Michael Tutton, Christine Wall and David Yeomans

This volume contains the peer reviewed papers presented to the Eighth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society held in Cambridge in August 2021 which covers a wide variety of topics on aspects of construction history, including papers on water and on aspects of professionalism and the development of the building trades.

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528 Pages. Paperback, ISBN 978-0-9928751-7-6

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Iron, Steel and Buildings: the Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of the Construction History Society

Edited by James W P Campbell, Nina Baker, Karey Draper, Michael Driver, Michael Heaton, Yiting Pan, Natcha Ruamsanitwong and David Yeomans

This volume presents 53 peer-reviewed papers presented at the Seventh Annual Conference of the Construction History Society on 4 April 2020 which covers a wide variety of topics on aspects of construction history with a section devoted entirely to papers on iron and steel in construction.

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714 pages, Paperback, ISBN 978-0-9928751-6-9

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Water, Doors and Buildings: the Proceedings of the Sixth Conference of the Construction History Society

Edited by James W P Campbell, Nina Baker, Michael Driver, Michael Heaton, Sabine Kuban, Michael Tutton and David Yeomans

This volume presents 50 peer-reviewed papers presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society held at Queens’ College Cambridge from 5-7 April 2019 which cover a wide variety of topics on aspects of construction history with a section devoted entirely to papers on water engineering.

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734 pages, Paperback, ISBN 978-0-9928751-5-2

 

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Studies in the History of Services and Construction: the Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the Construction History Society

Edited by James W P Campbell, Nina Baker, Amy Boyington, Michael Driver, Michael Heaton, Yiting Pan, Henrik Schoenefeldt, Michael Tutton and David Yeomans

Building services are often overlooked in the history of architecture and engineering. This volume presents 41 peer-reviewed papers presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society held at Queens’ College Cambridge from 6-8 April 2018 which cover a wide variety of topics on aspects of construction history and building services.

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576 pages, Paperback, ISBN 978-0-9928751-4-5

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Building Histories: Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Construction History Society

Edited by James W P Campbell, Michael Driver, Michael Heaton, Yiting Pan, Treve Rosoman, Michael Tutton, and David Yeomans

The proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Construction  History Society which took place on 7-9 April 2017 at Queens’ College, Cambridge, featuring 43 peer-reviewed papers covering a wide variety of topics on subjects relating to the history of construction.

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534 pages, Paperback, ISBN 978-0-9928751-3-8

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Further Studies in the History of Construction: Proceedings of the Third Conference of the Construction History Society

Edited by James W P Campbell, Nicholas Bill, Michael Driver, Michael Heaton, Yiting Pan, Michael Tutton, Christine Wall and David Yeomans

The proceedings of the Third conference of the Construction History Society, which took place on 8 to 12 April 2016 at Queens’ College, Cambridge, featuring 39 peer-reviewed papers covering a wide variety of subjects on the theme of construction history.

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492 pages, Paperback, ISBN 978-0-9928751-2-1

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Studies in Construction History: Proceedings of the Second Conference of the Construction History Society

Edited by James W P Campbell, Wendy Andrews, Karey Draper, Amy Boyington, Gabriel Byng, Amy DeDonato

The proceedings of second conference of the Construction History Society, which took place on 20 and 21 March 2015 at Queens’ College, Cambridge, featuring 28 peer-reviewed papers covering a wide variety of subjects on the theme of construction history.

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350 pages, Paperback, ISBN 978-0-992875114

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Proceedings of the First Conference of the Construction History Society

Edited by James W P Campbell, Wendy Andrews, Nicholas Bill, Karey Draper, Patrick Fleming and Yiting Pan

The proceedings of the first conference of the Construction   History Society, which took place on 11 and 12 April 2014 at Queens’ College, Cambridge, featuring 48 peer-reviewed papers covering a wide variety of subjects on the theme of construction history.

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482 pages, Paperback, ISBN 978-0-9928751-0-7

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