Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. [ Part One ] Networks and Institutions
5. 1. Power, Knowledge, and Literature 13
6. 2. The Collision of Mind with Mind Manchester and Newcastle, 1781– 1823 41
7. 3. Improvement Redux Liverpool, Leeds, and Sheffield, 1812– 32 67
8. [ Part Two ] Bodies and Machines
9. 4. Three Physicians around Manchester 99
10. 5. Hannah Greg’s Domestic Mission 127
11. 6. An Inventive Age 149
12. 7. Lives, Damned Lives, and Statistics 171
13. Acknowledgments 195
14. Abbreviations 199
15. Notes 201
16. Bibliography 249
17. Index 277