Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850 | Penelope J. Corfield | History | World | eBooks
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| This book identifies the growth of the professions as a key element in the modernization of Britain. Professional power depended ultimately on public trust in specialist knowledge, but the professions were subjected to ridicule and satire. |
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| `The first large-scale, sustained, and comprehen- sive treatment of the professions in the 18th century...not simply pioneering but also readable and entertaining.' - F.M.L. Thompson, University of London |
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