This collection of case studies, focusing on British scientific culture during the first industrial revolution, explores the social basis of science in the period and asks why such an extraordinarily rich variety of cultural-scientific experience should have flourished at the time.
The book analyses science and scientific culture in their local contexts, both metropolitan and provincial, examining where possibel the relations between the two, and emphasizing the range of scientific associations in London, to individual savants in the provinces.
This book was first published in 1983.
| ISBN: | 9780415418041 |
| Publication date: | 21st December 2006 |
| Author: | Ian Inkster, Jack Morrell |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions. The City |
| Genres: |
Urban and municipal planning and policy Sociology Human geography Civil engineering, surveying and building |
This collection of case studies, focusing on British scientific culture during the first industrial revolution, explores the social basis of science in the period and asks why such an extraordinarily rich variety of cultural-scientific experience should have flourished at the time.The book analyses science and scientific culture in their local contexts, both metropolitan and provincial, examining where possibel the relations between the two, and emphasizing the range of scientific associations in London, to individual savants in the provinces.This book was first published in 1983.
Metropolis and Province features in the following genres: Urban and municipal planning and policy, Sociology, Human geography, Civil engineering, surveying and building
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Metropolis and Province was written by Ian Inkster, Jack Morrell and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Metropolis and Province has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Library Editions. The City series
£234.00, reduced from £260.00. Not Available.