Paul A. Elliot

Enlightenment, Modernity and Science

Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England

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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 o… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-85771-896-9
EAN: 9780857718969
Produktnummer: 22574797
Verlag: I.B.Tauris
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 384 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 15'610 KB

Über den Autor

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).