Exploring the Roots of Industrial World
Authors
Dugan, David
Macfarlane, Alan
Publication Date
2004-06-09Language
en_GB
Type
Video
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Dugan, D., & Macfarlane, A. (2004). Exploring the Roots of Industrial World [Video file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271
Description
A Two-day seminar
which generated many of the ideas on which the documentary series are based.
Held in King's College, Cambridge University on 22, 23 July 1999
This seminar has six sessions.
Films edited by Xiaoxiao Yan.
Abstract
Conventional explanations of the causes of the Industrial Revolution look at such issues as population and the availability of natural resources at the crucial time of change in Britain. This series takes a more ambitious, global view, bringing together a small group of international academics in an attempt to solve the puzzle of why the Machine Age took place where and when it did. Meeting among the polished wood furniture and heavy oil paintings of King’s College, Cambridge, they look for clues to this historical mystery with the meticulous attention to detail of Sherlock Holmes.
Keywords
Anthropology, comparative cultual studies, industrial revolution, Alan Macfarlane, Joel Mokyr, Simon Schaffer, Christopher Cullen, Maxine Berg
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This record's URL: http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271