Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine (Victorian Life and Times),Used

Victorian Technology: Invention, Innovation, and the Rise of the Machine (Victorian Life and Times),Used

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An enlightening history of 19thcentury 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 19thcentury England into the position of the world's first industrialized nation. It was an astonishing transformation, one that shapedand was shaped bythe values of the Victorian era, and that laid the groundwork for the consumerbased 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 19thcentury England: the computer, the Internet, mass transit, and mass communication. Readers will encounter the innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs behind historymaking breakthroughs in communications (the transatlantic cable, wireless communication), mass production (the integrated factory), transportation (railroads, gliders, automobiles), and more.

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