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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. -- .

Table of Contents

1. The eighteenth-century knowledge economy
2. Birmingham and the West Midlands
3. The dissemination and validation of experimental Science in the marketplace
4. The science and technology interface
5. Industry, enlightenment and dissent
6. The Republic of Letters in disarray
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Industrial Enlightenment

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 1 January 2013
      ISBN-13 9780719089121
      978-0719089121
      ISBN-10 0719089123

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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. -- .

      Table of Contents

      1. The eighteenth-century knowledge economy
      2. Birmingham and the West Midlands
      3. The dissemination and validation of experimental Science in the marketplace
      4. The science and technology interface
      5. Industry, enlightenment and dissent
      6. The Republic of Letters in disarray
      7. Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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