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Power and the professions in Britain, 1700-1850 by Penelope J Corfield, Penelope J. Corfield is a business book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Power and the professions in Britain, 1700-1850 about?
The modern professions have a long history that predates the development of formal institutions and examinations in the nineteenth century. Long before the Victorian era the emergent professions wielded power through their specialist knowledge and set up informal mechanisms of control and self-regulation. Penelope Corfield devotes a chapter each to lawyers, clerics and doctors and makes reference to many other professionals - teachers, apothecaries, governesses, army officers and others. She sho
Who reads Power and the professions in Britain, 1700-1850?
It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.
Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.
- Author
- Penelope J Corfield, Penelope J. Corfield
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780415097567
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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