Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine

(Part of the Victorian Life and Times Series)

by Herbert L. Sussman

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An enlightening history of 19th-century technology, focusing on the connections between invention and cultural values.

Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine captures the extraordinary surge of energy and invention that catapulted 19th-century England into the position of the world's first industrialized nation. It was an astonishing transformation, one that shaped--and was shaped by--the values...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0275991695

ISBN13:9780275991692

Release Date:July 2009

Publisher:Praeger

Length:192 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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