November 5, 2024

The March of Intellect: Newspaper Cartoons Satirize the Belief in Technological Progress in 1820s England

Author: Colin Marshall
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Before the Industrial Revolution, few had occasion to consider the impact of technology on their lives. A few decades in, however, certain segments of society thought about little else. That, in any case, is the impression given by the debate over what the English press of the early nineteenth century called the “March of Intellect,” […]

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