Enlightenment, modernity and science : geographies of scientific culture and improvement in Georgian England

Title:

Author:

Elliott, Paul A.

ISBN:

9781848853669

Personal Author:

Elliott, Paul A.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010.

Physical Description:

xii, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Tauris historical geography series ; 5

Tauris historical geography series ; 5.

Contents:

1. Scientific culture and the home in Georgian society -- 2. The Garden: Darwin's Gardens: place, horticulture and botany -- 3. The school: dissenting academies and scientific culture -- 4. The Institution: Freemasonry -- 5. Public science: urban botanical gardens -- 6. 'Enlightened and animated circles': county towns and counties -- 7. Urban scientific culture: science and politics in Nottingham -- 8. The sciences, enclosure and improvement -- 9. Placing electricity and meteorology: Abraham Bennet (1750-1799).

Subject Term:

Enlightenment -- England.

Science -- England -- History -- 18th century.

Human geography -- England -- History -- 18th century.

Geographic Term:

England -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.

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