William J. Ashworth is reader in history in the History Department at the University of Liverpool.

Ashworth presents himself as a fine-structure historian, frequently drawing attention to facts others perhaps would not have noted. . . . The book offers a deeper understanding not only of the impact of the railway and other technological developments on this history, but also traces the influence of work by William Whewell and of some other Trinity men on hundreds of persons and writings and on dozens of different topics such as the philosophy of science, biblical criticism, Anglican church practices, Newtonianism, moral philosophy, and Gothic architecture.

William J. Ashworth is reader in history in the History Department at the University of Liverpool.

Ashworth presents himself as a fine-structure historian, frequently drawing attention to facts others perhaps would not have noted. . . . The book offers a deeper understanding not only of the impact of the railway and other technological developments on this history, but also traces the influence of work by William Whewell and of some other Trinity men on hundreds of persons and writings and on dozens of different topics such as the philosophy of science, biblical criticism, Anglican church practices, Newtonianism, moral philosophy, and Gothic architecture.