03201nam 2200685 450 991079641550332120200520144314.01-5261-3031-910.7765/9781526130310(CKB)3810000000290540(OCoLC)1085670185(MdBmJHUP)muse72905(Au-PeEL)EBL5160927(CaPaEBR)ebr11473288(OCoLC)1013829123(MiAaPQ)EBC5160927(DE-B1597)659276(DE-B1597)9781526130310(EXLCZ)99381000000029054020171220h20082008 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIndustrial enlightenment science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1820 /Peter M. JonesManchester, Michigan :Manchester University Press,2008.©20081 online resource (273 pages) illustrations0-7190-7770-2 0-7190-8912-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Industrial Enlightenment explores the transition through which England passed between 1760 and 1820 on the way to becoming the world's first industrialised nation. In drawing attention to the important role played by scientific knowledge, it focuses on a dimension of this transition which is often overlooked by historians. The book argues that in certain favoured regions, England underwent a process whereby useful knowledge was fused with technological 'know how' to produce the condition described here as Industrial Enlightenment. At the forefront of the process were the natural philosophers who entered into a close and productive relationship with technologists and entrepreneurs. Much of the evidence for this study is drawn from the extraordinary archival record of the activities of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and his Soho Manufactory. The book will appeal to those keen to explore the dynamics of change in eighteenth-century England, and to those with a broad interest in the cultural history of science and technology.Industrial revolutionEnglandBirminghamScience and industryEnglandBirminghamHistoryBirmingham (England)History18th centuryBirmingham (England)History19th centuryBirmingham.French Revolution.Industrial Enlightenment.Napoleonic Wars.Soho.West Midlands.eighteenth-century Britain.knowledge economy.protestant Nonconformity.religious complexion.science cultures.technological process.Industrial revolutionScience and industryHistory.330.94249073Jones Peter M.1949-249438MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796415503321Industrial enlightenment3727929UNINA