Prior to the late eighteenth century, linen manufacture in Ireland was a cottage industry. The Industrial Revolution shifted linen production from individual family homes into factories. Technological advancement brought about a seemingly simple transformation which impacted Ireland's economy, ethnicity, culture, society, religion, and ultimately Ireland's relationship with England, and the world. This study provides academic and interested readers with a basic narrative of this transformation, its concise factual characteristics, and its consequences which are impacting Ireland to the...
Prior to the late eighteenth century, linen manufacture in Ireland was a cottage industry. The Industrial Revolution shifted linen production from ind...
In the 1980s, philosophical, historical and social studies of science underwent a change which later evolved into a turn to practice. Analysts of science were asked to pay attention to scientific practices in meticulous detail and along multiple dimensions, including the material, social and psychological. Following this turn, the interest in scientific practices continued to increase and had an indelible influence in the various fields of science studies. No doubt, the practice turn changed our conceptions and approaches of science, but what did it really teach us? What does it mean to...
In the 1980s, philosophical, historical and social studies of science underwent a change which later evolved into a turn to practice. Analysts of s...
