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Enlightenment, Modernity and Science: Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England: Tauris Historical Geographical Series

Autor Paul A. Elliot
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 oct 2010
Scientific culture was one of the defining characteristics of the English Enlightenment. The latest discoveries were debated in homes, institutions and towns around the country. But how did the dissemination of scientific knowledge vary with geographical location? What were the differing influences in town and country and from region to region? Enlightenment, Modernity and Science provides the first full length study of the geographies of Georgian scientific culture in England. The author takes the reader on a tour of the principal arenas in which scientific ideas were disseminated, including home, town and countryside, to show how cultures of science and knowledge varied across the Georgian landscape. Taking in key figures such as Erasmus Darwin, Abraham Bennett, and Joseph Priestley along the way, it is a work that sheds important light on the complex geographies of Georgian English scientific culture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781848853669
ISBN-10: 1848853661
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 49 bw integrated
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Seria Tauris Historical Geographical Series

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Paul A. Elliott is Lecturer in History in the School of Humanities, University of Derby. He is also a Special Lecturer at Nottingham University. His research interests include historical and cultural geography, history of science, landscape history, history of education, and urban and regional history. His most recent book is The Derby Philosophers (2009).

Cuprins

Contents1. Introduction2. Scientific Culture and the Home in Georgian Society3. Uniting Science with the Charm of Landscape: Darwin's Gardens: Place, Horticulture and Botany4. Dissenting Academies and Scientific Culture5. Freemasonry6. Public Botanical Gardens7. Town and County8. Scientific Culture and Politics in Georgian Nottingham9. Natural Philosophy, Enclosure and Improvement10. Placing Electricity and Meteorology: Abraham Bennet (1750-1799)11. Conclusions12. BibliographyIndex

Caracteristici

Sheds important light on the complex geographies of Georgian English scientific culture