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Book Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland

Download or read book Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland written by Diarmid A. Finnegan and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of cultural change during the Victorian era. Science was frequently packaged as an appropriate form of civic culture, inculcating virtues necessary for civic progress. In turn, civic culture was presented as an appropriate context for enabling and supporting scientific progress. Finnegan's study looks at the shifting nature of this process during the nineteenth century, using Scotland as the focus for his argument. Considerations of class, religion and gender are explored, illuminating changing social identities as public interest in science was allowed—even encouraged—beyond the environs of universities and elite metropolitan societies.

Book William Hunter s World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nick Pearce
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2017-07-05
  • ISBN : 1351536923
  • Pages : 425 pages

Download or read book William Hunter s World written by Nick Pearce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite William Hunter's stature as one of the most important collectors and men of science of the eighteenth century, and the fact that his collection is the foundation of Scotland's oldest public museum, The Hunterian, until now there has been no comprehensive examination in a single volume of all his collections in their diversity. This volume restores Hunter to a rightful position of prominence among the medical men whose research and amassing of specimens transformed our understanding of the natural world and man's position within it. This volume comprises essays by international specialists and are as diverse as Hunter's collections themselves, dealing as they do with material that ranges from medical and scientific specimens, to painting, prints, books and manuscripts. The first sections focus upon Hunter's own collection and his response to it, while the final section contextualises Hunter within the wider sphere. A special feature of the volume is the inclusion of references to the Hunterian's web pages and on-line databases. These enable searches for items from Hunter's collections, both from his museum and library. Locating Hunter's collecting within the broader context of his age and environment, this book provides an original approach to a man and collection whose importance has yet to be comprehensively assessed.

Book Keyguide to Information Sources in Museum Studies

Download or read book Keyguide to Information Sources in Museum Studies written by Peter Woodhead and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1994 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition provides an integrated guide to the documentation, reference aids and key organizational sources of information about museums and museum studies worldwide. Part One provides an overview of museums and the literature about them. Part Two is an annotated bibliography, and Part Three is an international directory of organizations. A detailed index completes the work.

Book Minerals of Scotland

Download or read book Minerals of Scotland written by Alec Livingstone and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and definitive account of Scotland's minerals and the men who discovered, collected and examined them. This study includes sections on the collectors themselves as well as a brief account of Scotland's geological evolution.

Book The Irish Naturalists  Journal

Download or read book The Irish Naturalists Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of a Large and Valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Books

Download or read book Catalogue of a Large and Valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Books written by John Doyle (bookseller, New York.) and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book British Medical Journal

Download or read book British Medical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Encyclopaedia Britannica

Download or read book The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of a     collection of Ancient and Modern Books      in every department of literature  science and art     for sale     by J  Doyle  etc

Download or read book Catalogue of a collection of Ancient and Modern Books in every department of literature science and art for sale by J Doyle etc written by John DOYLE (Bookseller.) and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord

Download or read book An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord written by Joseph Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of Natural History

Download or read book The History of Natural History written by Gavin D. R. Bridson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encyclop  dia Britannica

Download or read book Encyclop dia Britannica written by Day Otis Kellogg and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: