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Author Jones, Peter, 1949- author.
Title Industrial enlightenment : science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820 / Peter M. Jones.
Alternative Title Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820
Publisher Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2008.
Distributor New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, [2017]
Copyright date ©2008



Descript 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).
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Contents List of figures -- List of tables Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. The eighteenth-century knowledge economy -- 2. Birmingham and the West Midlands-The regional setting-Birmingham-Matthew Boulton and Soho-Culture and identity -- 3. The dissemination and validation of experimental Science in the marketplace-The Lunar group-The international network -- 4. The science and technology interface-Debates -Savants and fabricants-Metals, heat and combustion-Cultures of science-Technology transfer -- 5. Industry, enlightenment and dissent-A protestant ethic?-Nonconformity and enlightenment-Marginalisation by riot -- 6. The Republic of Letters in disarray-Trading in liberté-'The sciences are never at war'-Towards techno-science -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN 9781526130310 (PDF ebook)
9780719077708 (hardback)
9780719089121 (paperback)
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Author Jones, Peter, 1949- author.
Subject Industrial revolution -- England -- Birmingham.
Science and industry -- England -- Birmingham -- History.
Birmingham (England) -- History -- 18th century.
Birmingham (England) -- History -- 19th century.
Alt author Manchester University Press, provider, publisher.
Alternative Title Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Note Made available via: manchesterhive
Contents List of figures -- List of tables Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. The eighteenth-century knowledge economy -- 2. Birmingham and the West Midlands-The regional setting-Birmingham-Matthew Boulton and Soho-Culture and identity -- 3. The dissemination and validation of experimental Science in the marketplace-The Lunar group-The international network -- 4. The science and technology interface-Debates -Savants and fabricants-Metals, heat and combustion-Cultures of science-Technology transfer -- 5. Industry, enlightenment and dissent-A protestant ethic?-Nonconformity and enlightenment-Marginalisation by riot -- 6. The Republic of Letters in disarray-Trading in liberté-'The sciences are never at war'-Towards techno-science -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN 9781526130310 (PDF ebook)
9780719077708 (hardback)
9780719089121 (paperback)
Standard no. www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526130310/9781526130310.xml
Author Jones, Peter, 1949- author.
Subject Industrial revolution -- England -- Birmingham.
Science and industry -- England -- Birmingham -- History.
Birmingham (England) -- History -- 18th century.
Birmingham (England) -- History -- 19th century.
Alt author Manchester University Press, provider, publisher.
Alternative Title Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820

Subject Industrial revolution -- England -- Birmingham.
Science and industry -- England -- Birmingham -- History.
Birmingham (England) -- History -- 18th century.
Birmingham (England) -- History -- 19th century.
Descript 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file rda
Note Made available via: manchesterhive
Contents List of figures -- List of tables Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. The eighteenth-century knowledge economy -- 2. Birmingham and the West Midlands-The regional setting-Birmingham-Matthew Boulton and Soho-Culture and identity -- 3. The dissemination and validation of experimental Science in the marketplace-The Lunar group-The international network -- 4. The science and technology interface-Debates -Savants and fabricants-Metals, heat and combustion-Cultures of science-Technology transfer -- 5. Industry, enlightenment and dissent-A protestant ethic?-Nonconformity and enlightenment-Marginalisation by riot -- 6. The Republic of Letters in disarray-Trading in liberté-'The sciences are never at war'-Towards techno-science -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Alt author Manchester University Press, provider, publisher.
ISBN 9781526130310 (PDF ebook)
9780719077708 (hardback)
9780719089121 (paperback)
Standard no. www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526130310/9781526130310.xml

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