Enlightenment, Modernity and Science
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Enlightenment, Modernity and Science

Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England

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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 of science and knowledge varied across the Georgian landscape. Taking in key figures such as Erasmus Darwin, Abraham Bennett, and Joseph Priestley along the way, it is a work that sheds important light on the complex geographies of Georgian English scientific culture.

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Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2010
ISBN
9780857718969
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Scientific Culture and the Home in Georgian Society
  7. 2. The Garden: Darwin's Gardens: Place, Horticulture and Botany
  8. 3. The School: Dissenting Academies and Scientific Culture
  9. 4. The Institution: Freemasonry
  10. 5. Public Science: Urban Botanical Gardens
  11. 6. Enlightened and Animated Circles': County Towns and Counties
  12. 7. Urban Scientific Culture: Science and Politics in Nottingham
  13. 8. The Sciences, Enclosure and Improvement
  14. 9. Placing Electricity and Meteorology: Abraham Bennet (1750-1799)
  15. Final Conclusions
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index