The Council for British Archeology (CBA) is noted as the first organization to include industrial archeology in the field's scope, and Palmer (emeritus, U. of Leicester, UK) as the UK's first professor of industrial archeology; the editors are CBA members of the Association for Industrial Archeology. In the context of the recent English Heritage 'Industrial Heritage at Risk' list, efforts to conserve or adaptively reuse key buildings or sites that established England as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution are detailed. The volume includes color images of these buildings (including Irish whiskey distilleries) and related infrastructures. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)