Industrial enlightenment : science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820
Peter M. Jones
Identifies, for the first time, a 'provincial' variant Enlightenment in the West Midlands with Birmingham and the science activities of the Lunar Society as its focal point. Contains a great deal of new research into the history of Birmingham and its district in the eighteenth century. Adds significantly to our knowledge of the functioning of the 'Republic of Letters' in the second half of the eighteenth century. The first case-study demonstration of the dynamics of late eighteenth-century Industrial Enlightenment. Offers a re-evaluation of the role of the Lunar Society, its membership and activities, based on archival evidence never before published.
श्रेणियाँ:
साल:
2008
प्रकाशन:
Manchester University Press
भाषा:
english
पृष्ठ:
272
ISBN 10:
1526130319
ISBN 13:
9781526130310
फ़ाइल:
PDF, 5.78 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2008