Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415222656
ISBN-13
9780415222655
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 11th, 1999
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
542 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.90 x 1.80 cms
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`The first large-scale, sustained, and comprehen- sive treatment of the professions in the 18th century...not simply pioneering but also readable and entertaining.' - F.M.L. Thompson, University of London
The modern professions have a long history that predates the development of formal institutions and examinations in the nineteenth century. Long before the Victorian era the emergent professions wielded power through their specialist knowledge and set up informal mechanisms of control and self-regulation.
Penelope Corfield devotes a chapter each to lawyers, clerics and doctors and makes reference to many other professionals - teachers, apothecaries, governesses, army officers and others. She shows how as the professions gained in power and influence, so they were challenged increasingly by satire and ridicule. Corfield''s analysis of the rise of the professions during this period centres on a discussion of the philosophical questions arising from the complex relationship between power and knowledge.
Penelope Corfield devotes a chapter each to lawyers, clerics and doctors and makes reference to many other professionals - teachers, apothecaries, governesses, army officers and others. She shows how as the professions gained in power and influence, so they were challenged increasingly by satire and ridicule. Corfield''s analysis of the rise of the professions during this period centres on a discussion of the philosophical questions arising from the complex relationship between power and knowledge.
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