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Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750-1914 (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series)
Heroes of Invention Technology Liberalism and British Identity 17501914 - Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
Author: Christine MacLeod
This innovative study adopts a distinct perspective on both the industrial revolution and nineteenth-century British culture. It investigates why inventors rose to heroic stature and popular acclaim in Victorian Britain, attested by numerous monuments, biographies and honours, and contends there was no decline in the industrial nation's self-est...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521153829
ISBN-10: 0521153824
Publication Date: 6/24/2010
Pages: 476
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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