Victorian sensation : the extraordinary publication, reception and secret authorship of Vestiges of the natural history of creation / James A. Secord.
Pubblicazione:
Chicago : The University of Chicago press, c2000.
Descrizione fisica:
XIX, 624 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Acknowledgments. List of abbreviations. Prologue: Devils or angels. Pt. 1. Romances of creation: 1. A great sensation 2. Steam reading 3. Evolution for the people 4. Marketing speculation. Pt. 2. Geographies of reading: 5. Conversations on creation 6. Science in the city 7. Church in danger 8. The holy war. Pt. 3. Spiritual journeys: 9. Sinners and saints 10. Self-development 11. Anonymity. Pt. 4. Futures of science: 12. The paradoxes of gentility 13. Grub street science 14. Mammon and the new reformation. Epilogue: Lifting the veil. References. Credits. Index
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