The Wonderful Century : Its Successes and its Failures Paperback / softback
by Alfred Russel Wallace
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century series
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The British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the nineteenth century.
He is best known for working in parallel with Darwin on evolution and natural selection.
A social reformer and a prolific writer, he criticised the social and economic system in nineteenth-century Britain, and raised concerns over the environmental impact of human activity.
First published in 1898, this book looks back over the history of the nineteenth century, and describes its material and intellectual achievements with the aim 'to show how fundamental is the change they have effected in our life and civilization'.
The book surveys technological inventions such as the railway, the telegraph and telephone, as well as photography.
But it also analyses the century's 'failures', and discusses the issues of poverty, greed and militarism.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:454 pages, 12 Tables, black and white; 1 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/11/2011
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- ISBN:9781108036795
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:454 pages, 12 Tables, black and white; 1 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/11/2011
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- ISBN:9781108036795