The Wonderful Century

Its Successes and its Failures

By:

Alfred Russel Wallace

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

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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.

Release date NZ

November 17th, 2011

Author

Alfred Russel Wallace

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

12 Tables, black and white; 1 Plates, black and white

Pages

454

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

Dimensions

140x217x18

ISBN-13

9781108036795

Product ID

18275784

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