Author: David Jeffries
Publisher:
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Category : Beads
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls
Author: David Jeffries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beads
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beads
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls
Author: David Jeffries
Publisher:
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Category : Diamonds
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diamonds
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls
Author: David Jeffries
Publisher:
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Category : Beads
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Publisher:
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Category : Beads
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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A Popular Treatise on Gems
Author: Lewis Feuchtwanger
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Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Category : Building stones
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton
Author: Susan E. Whyman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192518712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton shows the rapid rise of a self-taught workman and the growing prominence of the city of Birmingham during the two major events of the eighteenth-century - the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. Hutton achieved wealth, land, status, and literary fame, but later became a victim of violent riots. The book boldly claims that an understanding of the Industrial Revolution requires engagement with the figure of the 'rough diamond', a person of worth and character, but lacking in manners, education, and refinement. A cast of unpolished entrepreneurs is brought to life as they drive economic and social change, and improve their towns and themselves. The book also contends that the rise of Birmingham cannot be understood without accepting that its vibrant cultural life was a crucial factor that spurred economic growth. Readers are plunged into a hidden provincial world marked by literacy, bookshops, printing, authorship, and the spread of useful knowledge. We see that ordinary people read history and wrote poetry, whilst they grappled with the effects of industrial change. Newly discovered memoirs reveal social conflict and relationships in rare detail. They also address the problems of social mobility, income inequality, and breath-taking technological change that continue to perplex us today.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192518712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton shows the rapid rise of a self-taught workman and the growing prominence of the city of Birmingham during the two major events of the eighteenth-century - the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. Hutton achieved wealth, land, status, and literary fame, but later became a victim of violent riots. The book boldly claims that an understanding of the Industrial Revolution requires engagement with the figure of the 'rough diamond', a person of worth and character, but lacking in manners, education, and refinement. A cast of unpolished entrepreneurs is brought to life as they drive economic and social change, and improve their towns and themselves. The book also contends that the rise of Birmingham cannot be understood without accepting that its vibrant cultural life was a crucial factor that spurred economic growth. Readers are plunged into a hidden provincial world marked by literacy, bookshops, printing, authorship, and the spread of useful knowledge. We see that ordinary people read history and wrote poetry, whilst they grappled with the effects of industrial change. Newly discovered memoirs reveal social conflict and relationships in rare detail. They also address the problems of social mobility, income inequality, and breath-taking technological change that continue to perplex us today.
Northern Mythology
Author: Benjamin Thorpe
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Category : Mythology, Germanic
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Category : Mythology, Germanic
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Northern Mythology, Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany and the Netherlands
Author: Benjamin Thorpe
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Northern Mythology: North German and Netherlandish popular traditions and superstitions
Author:
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Category : Mythology, Germanic
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Category : Mythology, Germanic
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Catalogue ...
Author: Halliday, Bernard, Firm, Booksellers, Leicester, Eng
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 952
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 952
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A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls
Author: David Jeffries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diamonds
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diamonds
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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