| Science and Whig Manners: Science and Political Style in Britain, C. 1790-1850 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Bord, Joe (Author) |
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ISBN: 023057484X ISBN-13: 9780230574847 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: 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. It offfers a fresh take on a central theme in Victorian politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 509.410 |
| LCCN: 2008037191 |
| Series: Studies in Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 213 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |