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Science and Whig Manners: Science and Political Style in Britain, c.1790-1850 (Studies in Modern History)
Joe Bord
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Description for Science and Whig Manners: Science and Political Style in Britain, c.1790-1850 (Studies in Modern History)
Hardcover. Approaching the intersection of politics and science from the perspective of political history, this book looks at how nineteenth-century British Whigs used the themes of natural science to signal their identities, and how their devotion to a culture of liberality helped to define them. Offers a fresh take on a central theme in Victorian politics. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPFK; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Approaching the intersection of politics and science from the perspective of political history, this book looks at how nineteenth-century British Whigs used the themes of natural science to signal their identities, and how their devotion to a culture of liberality helped to define them. Offers a fresh take on a central theme in Victorian politics.
Approaching the intersection of politics and science from the perspective of political history, this book looks at how nineteenth-century British Whigs used the themes of natural science to signal their identities, and how their devotion to a culture of liberality helped to define them. Offers a fresh take on a central theme in Victorian politics.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Modern History
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230574847
SKU
V9780230574847
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99-15
About Joe Bord
JOE BORD was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he has completed a research fellowship in history. He has subsequently taught at Fordham University, and the City University of New York. He lives in New York.
Reviews for Science and Whig Manners: Science and Political Style in Britain, c.1790-1850 (Studies in Modern History)
'...Bord's thesis is interesting and important for the historian of science.' - Metascience