Science, Technology and the British Industrial 'Decline', 1870-1970

by David Edgerton

Book Overview

The place of science and technology in the British economy and society is widely seen as critical to our understanding of the British 'decline'. There is a long tradition of characterising post-1870 Britain by its lack of enthusiasm for science and by the low social status of the practitioners of technology. David Edgerton examines these assumptions, analysing the arguments for them and pointing out the different intellectual traditions from which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521577780
• ISBN13: 9780521577786
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"