Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850

ISBN-13: 9780415222655 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 270 str.

Penelope J. Corfield

Opis

This text identifies the growth of the professions as a key element in Britain's modernization from 1700 to 1850. Professional power depended ultimately upon public trust in specialist knowledge, but the professions were subjected to a torrent of ridicule and satire. This analysis of the rise of the professions during this period centres on a discussion of the philosophical questions arising from the complex relationship between power and knowledge.

Recenzje

'A highly stimulating analysis ... A masterful application of social theory to a historical problem ... a fine piece of scholarship which puts forward a bold and innovative thesis. A "must" for researchers and students concerned with the transition of Britian from a pre-industrial to an industrial society.' - Urban History

'A significant contribution to our knowledge of the development of the professions in a book that is also a serendipity for the reader , whther academic or lay, in providing a well-written, enjoyable, thought-provoking and entertaining read' - Judy Slinn, Oxford Brookes University

A fine study of the substantial diversification in the sources of social power in eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain ... this book authoritatively fills a long-standing gap in the historiography of the cultural production of expertise.' - Steve Hindle, English Historical Review, November 1997

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Power; Chapter 2 Mystery; Chapter 3 Satire; Chapter 4 Lawyers; Chapter 5 Clerics; Chapter 6 Doctors; Chapter 7 Trend; Chapter 8 Ethos; Chapter 9 Advancement; Chapter 10 Power/Knowledge?;

O autorze

Penelope J. Corfield