Industrial Enlightenment - Science, Technology Culture in Birmingham West Midlands 17601820

Informationen zum Autor Peter Jones is Professor of French History at the University of Birmingham Klappentext This book uses a case study to explore the contribution which scientific knowledge made to the growth trajectory of England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The aim is not to re-tell the story of the Industrial Revolution, but to reconstruct its preliminary stage which is here labelled the Industrial Enlightenment. Zusammenfassung This book uses a case study to explore the contribution which scientific knowledge made to the growth trajectory of England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The aim is not to re-tell the story of the Industrial Revolution! but to reconstruct its preliminary stage which is here labelled the Industrial Enlightenment. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The eighteenth-century knowledge economy2. Birmingham and the West Midlands3. The dissemination and validation of experimental Science in the marketplace4. The science and technology interface5. Industry, enlightenment and dissent6. The Republic of Letters in disarray7. Conclusion BibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Peter Jones, Peter M. Jones
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9780719089121
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8912-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Warwickshire, West Midlands, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Social History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Industrialisation & Industrial History, C 1700 To C 1800, Industrialisation and industrial history