Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850

Nonfiction, History
Cover of the book Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850 by Penelope J Corfield, Penelope J. Corfield, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Penelope J Corfield, Penelope J. Corfield ISBN: 9781134596362
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 12, 2012
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Penelope J Corfield, Penelope J. Corfield
ISBN: 9781134596362
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 12, 2012
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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 shows how as the professions gained in power and influence, so they were challenged increasingly by satire and ridicule. Corfield's analysis of the rise of the professions during this period centres on a discussion of the philosophical questions arising from the complex relationship between power and knowledge.

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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 shows how as the professions gained in power and influence, so they were challenged increasingly by satire and ridicule. Corfield's analysis of the rise of the professions during this period centres on a discussion of the philosophical questions arising from the complex relationship between power and knowledge.

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