Science and Whig Manners: Science and Political Style in Britain, c.1790-1850

by Joe Bord

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230574847
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/15/2009
Series:	Studies in Modern History Series
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	213
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

JOE BORD was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he has completed a research fellowship in history. He has subsequently taught at Fordham University, USA and Touro College. He lives in New York.

Table of Contents

Preface Manners, Science and Politics The Statesman Rational Sociability Liberality The Georgic Tradition Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'...Bord's thesis is interesting and important for the historian of science.' - Metascience

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