Author: Diarmid A Finnegan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317315723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of cultural change during the Victorian era. Finnegan's study looks at the shifting nature of this process during the nineteenth century, using Scotland as the focus for his argument.
Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland
Regionalizing Science
Author: Simon Naylor
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317316029
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book 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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317316029
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book 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.
Victorians Institute Journal
Author: Victorians Institute
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
The Philosopher's Index
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Vols. for 1969- include a section of abstracts.
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Vols. for 1969- include a section of abstracts.
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James Wells
Publisher:
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2744
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2744
Book Description
The History of Natural History
Author: Gavin D. R. Bridson
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
Book Description
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
Book Description
People and Society in Scotland: 1760-1830
Author: Thomas Martin Devine
Publisher: John Donald
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This is a history of Scotland as a society experiencing industrialization and urbanization in all its aspects and it takes the impact of these processes over their widest range from croft, bothy and hunting lodge to mines, foundries, and urban poor houses. The volumes create an awareness of the identity and distinctiveness of Scotland and recognize it as a multi-cultured society, the highland and lowland cultures being only the major ones among several.
Publisher: John Donald
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
This is a history of Scotland as a society experiencing industrialization and urbanization in all its aspects and it takes the impact of these processes over their widest range from croft, bothy and hunting lodge to mines, foundries, and urban poor houses. The volumes create an awareness of the identity and distinctiveness of Scotland and recognize it as a multi-cultured society, the highland and lowland cultures being only the major ones among several.
The Voice of Science
Author: Diarmid A. Finnegan
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822988399
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
For many in the nineteenth century, the spoken word had a vivacity and power that exceeded other modes of communication. This conviction helped to sustain a diverse and dynamic lecture culture that provided a crucial vehicle for shaping and contesting cultural norms and beliefs. As science increasingly became part of public culture and debate, its spokespersons recognized the need to harness the presumed power of public speech to recommend the moral relevance of scientific ideas and attitudes. With this wider context in mind, The Voice of Science explores the efforts of five celebrity British scientists—John Tyndall, Thomas Henry Huxley, Richard Proctor, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Henry Drummond—to articulate and embody a moral vision of the scientific life on American lecture platforms. These evangelists for science negotiated the fraught but intimate relationship between platform and newsprint culture and faced the demands of audiences searching for meaningful and memorable lecture performances. As Diarmid Finnegan reveals, all five attracted unrivaled attention, provoking responses in the press, from church pulpits, and on other platforms. Their lectures became potent cultural catalysts, provoking far-reaching debate on the consequences and relevance of scientific thought for reconstructing cultural meaning and moral purpose.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822988399
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
For many in the nineteenth century, the spoken word had a vivacity and power that exceeded other modes of communication. This conviction helped to sustain a diverse and dynamic lecture culture that provided a crucial vehicle for shaping and contesting cultural norms and beliefs. As science increasingly became part of public culture and debate, its spokespersons recognized the need to harness the presumed power of public speech to recommend the moral relevance of scientific ideas and attitudes. With this wider context in mind, The Voice of Science explores the efforts of five celebrity British scientists—John Tyndall, Thomas Henry Huxley, Richard Proctor, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Henry Drummond—to articulate and embody a moral vision of the scientific life on American lecture platforms. These evangelists for science negotiated the fraught but intimate relationship between platform and newsprint culture and faced the demands of audiences searching for meaningful and memorable lecture performances. As Diarmid Finnegan reveals, all five attracted unrivaled attention, provoking responses in the press, from church pulpits, and on other platforms. Their lectures became potent cultural catalysts, provoking far-reaching debate on the consequences and relevance of scientific thought for reconstructing cultural meaning and moral purpose.
Annual Bibliography of Victorian Studies
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Category : Civilization, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Lists editions, books, articles, and dissertation abstracts published from 1945 to 1999 on every field of nineteenth-century British studies
Publisher:
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Category : Civilization, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Lists editions, books, articles, and dissertation abstracts published from 1945 to 1999 on every field of nineteenth-century British studies