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From the Publisher: 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…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2009Praeger Publishers · 169 pages · 9780275991692
- Other · English · 2009ABC-CLIO, LLC · 9781282361454
HistoryTechnological innovationsTechnologyMachineryInventionsTechnological innovations, great britain