Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750–1914 - Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series - MacLeod, Christine (University of Bristol) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521873703 - December 20, 2007
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Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750–1914 - Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series

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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.


480 pages, 52 b/w illus.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 20, 2007
ISBN13 9780521873703
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 476
Dimensions 159 × 233 × 33 mm   ·   866 g
Language English  

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