The Highlands Controversy. Constructing Geological Knowledge through Fieldwork in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Oldroyd, David R.

Published by University of Chicago Press (1990), 1990

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24x17cm, ix,438,(8)pp, Includes textual photos, maps, diagrams + 8 color plates. Contents: 19th-Century British Geology & its Historiography: Some Themes, Goals & Methods; Early Geological Work in the Northwest Highlands; Geological Work of Murchison & Nicol in the Northwest Highlands: 1850s; The Fieldwork of 1859 & the Aberdeen Meeting of the British Association; The Murchison-Geikie Tour of 1860; Murchison & Geikie contra Nicol: The Establishment of the "Northwest Paradigm"; The Battle Rejoined & the Collapse of the Murchisonian Paradigm; Charles Lapworth: Digressions & Diversions to the Southern Uplands & the Alps; The Professionals Vindicated: The Work of the Surveyors in the Northwest Highlands; The Impact of the Highlands Controversy on the Progress of the Geological Survey: The Wharton Committee's Inquiry; Issues: Methodological, Epistemological, & Social. Some stains and fading to cover Some wear. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Highlands Controversy. Constructing Geological Knowledge through Fieldwork in Nineteenth-Century Britain
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press (1990)
• Publication Date: 1990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: 8 color plates
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History of Geology