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: | 9781138873995 |
| Publication date: | 10th April 2015 |
| Author: | Ian Inkster |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 290 pages |
| Genres: |
The environment Human geography Society and culture: general Sociology Urban and municipal planning and policy |
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: The environment, Human geography, Society and culture: general, Sociology, Urban and municipal planning and policy
Metropolis and Province is available in Paperback
Metropolis and Province was written by Ian Inkster and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Metropolis and Province has 290 pages
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