Ian Inkster, Faculty of Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, UK

'The volume...add[s] up to more than the sum of its parts. Together, Inkster’s essays make a case for the substantive contribution of provincial scientific culture to the industrial revolution.' Victorian Studies

• Contents: Introduction; Mental capital: transfers of knowledge and technique in 18th-century Europe; The public lecture as an instrument of science education for adults- the case of Great Britain, c.1750-1850; The social context of an educational movement: a revisionist approach to the English Mechanics’ Institutes, 1820-1850; The development of a scientific community in Sheffield, 1790-1850: a network of people and interests; Marginal men: aspects of the social role of the medical community in Sheffield 1790-1850; Science and the Mechanics Institutes, 1820-1850: the case of Sheffield; Culture, institutions and urbanity: the itinerant science lecturer in Sheffield 1790-1850; Robert Goodacre’s astronomy lectures (1823-1825) and the structure of scientific culture in Philadelphia; Science and society in the Metropolis: a preliminary examination of the social and institutional context of the Askesian Society of London 1796-1807; Scientific culture and scientific education in Liverpool prior to 1812 - a case study in the social history of education; Cultural enterprise: science, steam intellect and social class in Rochdale c.1833-1900; Index.

Ian Inkster, Faculty of Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, UK

'The volume...add[s] up to more than the sum of its parts. Together, Inkster’s essays make a case for the substantive contribution of provincial scientific culture to the industrial revolution.' Victorian Studies

• Contents: Introduction; Mental capital: transfers of knowledge and technique in 18th-century Europe; The public lecture as an instrument of science education for adults- the case of Great Britain, c.1750-1850; The social context of an educational movement: a revisionist approach to the English Mechanics’ Institutes, 1820-1850; The development of a scientific community in Sheffield, 1790-1850: a network of people and interests; Marginal men: aspects of the social role of the medical community in Sheffield 1790-1850; Science and the Mechanics Institutes, 1820-1850: the case of Sheffield; Culture, institutions and urbanity: the itinerant science lecturer in Sheffield 1790-1850; Robert Goodacre’s astronomy lectures (1823-1825) and the structure of scientific culture in Philadelphia; Science and society in the Metropolis: a preliminary examination of the social and institutional context of the Askesian Society of London 1796-1807; Scientific culture and scientific education in Liverpool prior to 1812 - a case study in the social history of education; Cultural enterprise: science, steam intellect and social class in Rochdale c.1833-1900; Index.

Ian Inkster, Faculty of Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, UK

'The volume...add[s] up to more than the sum of its parts. Together, Inkster’s essays make a case for the substantive contribution of provincial scientific culture to the industrial revolution.' Victorian Studies

• Contents: Introduction; Mental capital: transfers of knowledge and technique in 18th-century Europe; The public lecture as an instrument of science education for adults- the case of Great Britain, c.1750-1850; The social context of an educational movement: a revisionist approach to the English Mechanics’ Institutes, 1820-1850; The development of a scientific community in Sheffield, 1790-1850: a network of people and interests; Marginal men: aspects of the social role of the medical community in Sheffield 1790-1850; Science and the Mechanics Institutes, 1820-1850: the case of Sheffield; Culture, institutions and urbanity: the itinerant science lecturer in Sheffield 1790-1850; Robert Goodacre’s astronomy lectures (1823-1825) and the structure of scientific culture in Philadelphia; Science and society in the Metropolis: a preliminary examination of the social and institutional context of the Askesian Society of London 1796-1807; Scientific culture and scientific education in Liverpool prior to 1812 - a case study in the social history of education; Cultural enterprise: science, steam intellect and social class in Rochdale c.1833-1900; Index.