| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"Industrial Enlightenment explores the transition through which England passed between 1760 and 1820 on the way to becoming the world's first industrialised nation. In drawing attention to the important role played by scientific knowledge, it focuses on a dimension of this transition which is often overlooked by historians. The book argues that in certain favoured regions, England underwent a process whereby useful knowledge was fused with technological 'know how' to produce the condition described here as Industrial Enlightenment. In the forefront of the process were the natural philosophers who entered into a close and productive relationship with technologists and entrepreneurs. One of the most favoured regions in which this interaction took place was the West Midlands. Accordingly, the book probes the relationship between knowledge generators and knowledge appliers in the specific setting of eighteenth-century Birmingham's booming metal-goods economy. Much of the evidence for this study is drawn from the extraordinary archival record of the activities of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and his Soho Manufactory."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-254) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Industrial revolution -- England -- Birmingham
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Science and industry -- England -- Birmingham -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Industrial revolution
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Science and industry
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Birmingham (England) -- History -- 18th century
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Birmingham (England) -- History -- 19th century
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| Subject |
England -- Birmingham
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1526130319 |
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9781526130310 |
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0719089123 |
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9780719089121 |
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