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Victorian Life and Times Ser.: Victorian Technology : Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine by Herbert Sussman (2009, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100275991695

ISBN-139780275991692

eBay Product ID (ePID)72920034

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameVictorian Technology : Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine

Publication Year2009

SubjectInventions, General, Machinery

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Science

AuthorHerbert Sussman

SeriesVictorian Life and Times Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight15.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2009-018904

Reviews"Sussman has written a thought-provoking book. . . Recommended. Academic and public libraries, all levels." -- Choice, "Sussman has written a thought-provoking book. . . Recommended. Academic and public libraries, all levels." - Choice

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal609.41/09034

SynopsisAn 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., 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., An enlightening history of 19th-century technology, focusing on the connections between invention and cultural values.

LC Classification NumberT26.G7S95 2009