Author: Wallace, Anthony F.C.
Title: The Social Context of Innovation: Bureaucrats, Families, and Heroes in the Early Industrial Revolution, as Forseen in Bacon's...
Description: Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1982). orig.cloth. 22x14cm, xiii,175 pp, Full title concludes: "...'New Atlantis' ".. Textual photo illustrations. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Introduction; The Royal Office of Ordnance and the Powers of Steam and Air; Families of Iron; The Ventilation of Coal Mines; Conclusion.

Keywords: Technological Innovations, Technology, Innovation, Social History, Industrial, Revolution, Francis Bacon, Industry, Sociology