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Author Naylor, Simon, author

Title Regionalizing science : placing knowledges in Victorian England / by Simon Naylor
Published London : Pickering & Chatto, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages) : illustrations
Series Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 11
Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 11.
Contents 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 green house of England -- 6. More facts, more remains -- 7. A furious tempest
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Science -- Social aspects -- England -- Cornwall (County) -- History -- 19th century
SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Historical geography
Science -- Social aspects
Wetenschap.
Sociale aspecten.
Naturwissenschaften -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 19. Jh.
Historische Geographie.
SUBJECT Cornwall (England : County) -- Historical geography
Subject England -- Cornwall (County)
Cornwall.
Cornwall (England, Grossbritannien)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781851966790
185196679X
9780822981800
0822981807