Industrial Enlightenment. Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820

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Author(s) Jones, Peter M
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2008
Pages 260pp; illus
Publisher Manchester University Press
Place Published Manchester

Topics:

Name Research & development inc operational research
Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
Name Knowledge inc transmission/networks

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Wadsworth Prize Winner Publications

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Winner of the Wadsworth Prize for Business History, 2009. Explores the 18th century connection between public knowledge of science and technological / industrial application. Has sections: 'The eighteenth-century knowledge economy'; 'Birmingham and the West Midlands'; 'Dissemination and validation of experimental science'; 'Science and technology interface'; 'Industry, enlightenment and dissent'; 'The republic of letters in disarray'. Based extensively on Boulton & Watt archives