Industrial Enlightenment : Science, Technology and Culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760-1820.
Jones, Peter M.
Industrial Enlightenment : Science, Technology and Culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760-1820. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages)
Industrial Enlightenment: Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820 -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1 The eighteenth-century knowledge economy -- 2 Birmingham and the West Midlands -- 3 The dissemination and validation of experimental science -- 4 The science and technology interface -- 5 Industry, Enlightenment and Dissent -- 6 The Republic of Letters in disarray -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9781526130310
Industrial revolution-England-Birmingham.
Science and industry-England-Birmingham-History.
Birmingham (England)-History-18th century.
Birmingham (England)-History-19th century.
Electronic books.
HC258.B6 .J664 2008
338.0942409033
Industrial Enlightenment : Science, Technology and Culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760-1820. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (273 pages)
Industrial Enlightenment: Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820 -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1 The eighteenth-century knowledge economy -- 2 Birmingham and the West Midlands -- 3 The dissemination and validation of experimental science -- 4 The science and technology interface -- 5 Industry, Enlightenment and Dissent -- 6 The Republic of Letters in disarray -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
9781526130310
Industrial revolution-England-Birmingham.
Science and industry-England-Birmingham-History.
Birmingham (England)-History-18th century.
Birmingham (England)-History-19th century.
Electronic books.
HC258.B6 .J664 2008
338.0942409033