Education of things, the: mechanical literacy in british children's literature, 1762–1860
Auteur :
Hoiem, Elizabeth Fabry Massa
Éditeur :
University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN :
9781625347565
Date de publication :
29 févr. 2024
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
272 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Argues that the combination of reading and writing with manual tinkering and scientific observation promoted in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain produced new forms of ‘mechanical literacy’, competencies that were essential in an industrial era.