Victorian Technology - Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine (Hardcover, New)

An enlightening history of 19th-century technology, focusing on the connections between invention and cultural values. Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine captures the extraordinary surge of energy and invention that catapulted 19th-century England into the position of the world's first industrialized nation. It was an astonishing transformation, one that shaped—and was shaped by—the values of the Victorian era, and that laid the groundwork for the consumer-based society in which we currently live. Filled with vivid details and fascinating insights into the impact of the Industrial Revolution on peoples' lives, Victorian Technology locates the forerunners of the defining technologies of the our time in 19th-century England: the computer, the Internet, mass transit, and mass communication. Readers will encounter the innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs behind history-making breakthroughs in communications (the transatlantic cable, wireless communication), mass production (the integrated factory), transportation (railroads, gliders, automobiles), and more.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Victorian Life and Times
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	July 2009
Authors:	Herbert Sussman
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	192
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-275-99169-2
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Promotions
LSN:	0-275-99169-5
Barcode:	9780275991692

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