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

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 fre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bord, Joe (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Studies in Modern History.
Subjects:
History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Science.
Modern History.
Political History.
Social History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
World politics.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 213 pages)
ISBN:9780230595231
DOI:10.1057/9780230595231