Regionalizing Science: Placing Knowledges in Victorian England (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century, 87)

Naylor, Simon

ISBN 10: 0822966425 / ISBN 13: 9780822966425

Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Regionalizing Science: Placing Knowledges in Victorian England (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century, 87)
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822966425
• ISBN 13: 9780822966425
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

Naylor seeks to rectify this imbalance by presenting a historical geography of regional science. Taking an in-depth look at the county of Cornwall, questions on how science affected provincial Victorian society, how it changed people's relationship with the landscape and how it shaped society are applied to the Cornish case study, allowing a depth and texture of analysis denied to more general scientific overviews of the period.

About the Author

Simon Naylor is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Glasgow.