The Derby Philosophers: Science and Culture in British Urban Society, 1700-1850

By Paul A. Elliott

This book focuses upon the activities of a group of Midland intellectuals who strove to promote social, political and urban improvements which had national and international consequences. It examines a turbulent period of British history, an age of political and industrial revolution in which the Derby philosophers were closely involved.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719079225
• ISBN13: 9780719079221
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"