The culture of English geology 1815-1851 : a science revealed through its collecting / Simon J. Knell.
Pubblicazione:
Aldershot : Ashgate, 2000.
Descrizione fisica:
XXI, 377 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of figures. List of tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. Primary sources with abbreviations. Pt. 1. New science - new territory: 1. A science of fossils 2. A culture of opportunity. Pt. 2. The structure of provincial science: 3. Geology and the philosophical societies 4. Building the collecting community 5. Keepers of the museum. Pt. 3. Geology as a collecting science: 6. Collecting: meaning and direction 7. Geology and the collector network 8. Collecting in pursuit of answers 9. Fossils in the marketplace. Pt. 4. Endings and beginnings: 10. The problem of free enterprise 11. Establishing a new order 12. The end of an age. Pt. 5. The culture of English geology: 13. The making of a heroic age. Bibliography. Index
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