Jones Industrial Enlightenment

Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760–1820
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3031-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Peter M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jones Peter M.:
Peter Jones is Professor of French History at the University of BirminghamPeter Jones is Professor of French History at the University of Birmingham