Enlightenment, Modernity and Science: Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England

by Paul Elliott

Scientific culture was one of the defining characteristics of the English Enlightenment. The latest discoveries were debated in homes, institutions and towns around the country. But how did the dissemination of scientific knowledge vary with geographical location? What were the differing influences in town and country and from region to region? Enlightenment, Modernity and Science provides the first full length study of the geographies of Georgian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848853661
• ISBN13: 9781848853669
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"