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Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750–1914 - Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series MacLeod, Christine (University of Bristol)
Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750–1914 - Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
MacLeod, Christine (University of Bristol)
This innovative study investigates why inventors rose to heroic stature and popular acclaim in Victorian Britain. Christine MacLeod argues that inventors became figureheads of various nineteenth-century factions who deployed their heroic reputation, not least to challenge the aristocracy's hold on power and the militaristic national identity that bolstered it.
476 pages, Illustrations
| Medios de comunicación | Libros Paperback Book (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado) |
| Publicado | 24 de junio de 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521153829 |
| Editores | Cambridge University Press |
| Páginas | 476 |
| Dimensiones | 152 × 230 × 29 mm · 722 g |
| Lengua | Inglés |