Heroes of Invention : Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750–1914
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521153824
ISBN-13
9780521153829
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 24th, 2010
Print length
476 Pages
Weight
722 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.20 x 2.90 cms
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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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