Technology, Industrial Conflict and the Development of Technical Education in 19th-Century England. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)

Bernard Cronin. Technology, Industrial Conflict and the Development of Technical Education in 19th-Century England. (Modern Economic and Social History.) Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2001. Pp. xiv, 301. $99.95. ISBN 0-7546-0313-X.

This book will delight those who lament the decline of "us vs. them" labor history. Bernard Cronin examines the emergence and development of non-university technical education for manual workers during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The author argues that in order to accomplish this it is vital to widen the scope of investigation ...

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