Regionalizing Science
Placing Knowledges in Victorian England
Published on 1. February 2010
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-1-85196-636-3 (ISBN)
Description
Victorian England, as is well known, produced an enormous amount of scientific endeavour, but what has previously been overlooked is the important role of geography on these developments. This book seeks to rectify this imbalance by presenting a historical geography of regional science.
Reviews / Votes
'add a nuanced layer of understanding to how culture, class, gender and distance were played out ... deserve to be read by scholars of identity, cultural geography and, especially, nineteenth-century science.' British Society for the History of Science 'offers groundbreaking insights into provincial science in Victorian Britain and a fruitful method for studying the intersection of geography and science in history. Carefully researched and nicely illustrated, it is a must-read for scholars who study Victorian Science.' Isis 'provides a sophisticated and empirically grounded new regional geography of scientific culture in the nineteenth century.' H-Net ReviewsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85196-636-3 (9781851966363)
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E-Book
09/2016
Princeton University Press
€53.99
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Content
Introduction 1 Confined to a Small Round 2 Healthy Recreation and Headwork 3 The Sweet Road to Improvement 4 The Depths of the Billows 5 A Large Natural Greenhouse of England 6 More Facts, More Remains 7 A Furious Tempest Conclusion