Enlightenment, modernity and science: geographies of scientific culture and improvement in Georgian England
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Main Author: Elliott, Paul A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 2010
Series:Tauris historical geography series 5
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-358) and index
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
1. Scientific culture and the home in Georgian society -- 2. The Garden: Darwin's Gardens: place, horticulture and botany -- 3. The school: dissenting academies and scientific culture -- 4. The Institution: Freemasonry -- 5. Public science: urban botanical gardens -- 6. 'Enlightened and animated circles': county towns and counties -- 7. Urban scientific culture: science and politics in Nottingham -- 8. The sciences, enclosure and improvement -- 9. Placing electricity and meteorology: Abraham Bennet (1750-1799)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 358 pages)
ISBN:0857718967
1848853661
9780857718969
9781848853669

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