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ERIC Number: EJ312623
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Science, Society and Politics in Late Nineteenth-Century England: A Further Look at Mechanics' Institutes.
Laurent, John
Social Studies of Science, v14 n4 p585-619 Nov 1984
Discusses Mechanics' Institutes and British working-class intellectual life during the nineteenth century (a time period later than generally studied) as a contributor to the spread of evolutionary socialism. Many people preferred non-vocational subjects such as geology and physiology; they were concerned with natural history and new evolutionary views of society. (Author/DH)
Descriptors: Educational History, Evolution, Geology, Labor Force, Politics, Science Education, Science Education History, Trade and Industrial Education, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain; Mechanics Institutes (England); Science and Society
Note: Published by SAGE Publications, 28 Banner Street, London EC1Y 8QE, England, quarterly in Feb, May, Aug, and Nov (institutions, $64.00; individuals, $24.00).