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

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Main Authors: Elliott Paul A.
Published: I.B. Tauris,
Publisher Address: London New York
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Tauris historical geography series ; 5
Subjects:
Science > England > History > 18th century.
Human geography > England > History > 18th century.
Mouvement des Lumieres > Geographie > Angleterre (GB) > 18e siecle.
Angleterre (GB) > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
Geographie culturelle > Angleterre (GB) > 18e siecle.
Enlightenment > England.
England > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Carrier Form: xii, 358 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 1848853661
9781848853669 (hbk.)
Index Number: K561
CLC: K561.03
Call Number: K561.03/E463
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-358) and index.
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).

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