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Cultural Foundations of Industrial Civilization
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Cultural Foundations of Industrial Civilization
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John U. Nef
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Series | The Wiles Lectures |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:184 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | Impact of science and technology on society |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521135849
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Classifications | Dewey:303.483 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
30 July 2009 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Four hundred years ago the pattern of human life and thought was strikingly different from our own. What main features led to the change in that pattern? Professor Nef, a distinguished historian, suggests that economic history cannot alone give the answer: it must be in terms of changing attitudes and interests as much as in terms of a developing economy and a growing technology. The origins of industrialism have to be sought in history as a whole. Man's concern for truth, goodness and beauty has done as much to produce the modern world as economic institutions and natural resources. Professor Nef has it in mind that, for a historian, the importance of human nature cannot be made subservient to that of productivity statistics; in this book he portrays the birth and development of our industrial civilisation in a clearer light. The book is developed from the second series of Wiles lectures given at Queen's University, Belfast and is a successor to Man on his Past by Herbert Butterfield.
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