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Heroes of Invention - Christine (University of Bristol) MacLeod - Bog

- Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750-1914

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This innovative study investigates why inventors rose to heroic stature and popular acclaim in Victorian Britain. Christine MacLeod argues that inventors became figureheads of various nineteenth-century factions who deployed their heroic reputation, not least to challenge the aristocracy's hold on power and the militaristic national identity that bolstered it.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521873703
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 476
  • Udgivet:
  • 20. december 2007
  • Størrelse:
  • 159x233x33 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 870 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 28. november 2024
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This innovative study investigates why inventors rose to heroic stature and popular acclaim in Victorian Britain. Christine MacLeod argues that inventors became figureheads of various nineteenth-century factions who deployed their heroic reputation, not least to challenge the aristocracy's hold on power and the militaristic national identity that bolstered it.

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