Social change and scientific organization : the Royal Institution, 1799-1844 / Morris Berman
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1978. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395660
ISBN: 0801410932
Physical description; xxv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and index. Contents; Foundation of the Royal Institution -- The 'Society of Husbandry ... in Ablemarle Street' -- Industry and Empire: competition for the control of science -- Toward a Rational Society -- A portrait of Michael Faraday -- The Epistemology of Modernization. Subjects; Faraday, Michael 1791-1867. Royal Institution of Great Britain. Industries Great Britain History 19th century. Social Change history.
Price: €18.95