Acknowledgements

The current volume is the result of a collaborative project a decade in the making whose writing and editing has spanned several continents. We would like to thank the commissioning editors at Oxford University Press for their patience while this complex project was pulled together. A work such as this inevitably relies upon the good will and cooperation of not just the authors but many more individuals and institutions. Therefore, the volume editors wish to thank a number of people, institutions, funding, and scholarly bodies who have supported the creation of this publication in countless ways. These include: the Association for Industrial Archaeology; the Society for Historical Archaeology; the Council for British Archaeology; English Heritage/Historic England; the British Academy; and the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology. Special thanks are due to Marilyn Palmer, Paul Shackel, Paul Belford, Flor Hurley, Catherine Mackey, Andy Myers, Richard Nevell, Norman Redhead, Tegwen Roberts, Adam Thompson, John Walker, Ian West, and Denis Gojak. Their contributions are warmly and gratefully acknowledged. Finally, we send our gratitude to the many chapter authors who were patient participants in this grand project. Their work reflects the deep significance of the industrial heritage that forges our contemporary world.