Philosophy
Philosophy from Greece and Rome to medieval and modern thought.
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Human Space [Paperback]
Otto Bollnow (Author)
£27.99ISBN: 9788869772832
Published by : Mimesis International
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Human Space is an English translation of one of the most comprehensive studies of space as we experience it. Since it was published in Germany in 1963, Bollnow’s text has become a key reading in architecture, anthropology, and philosophy, and has ... .... Learn More -
The Making of Modern Anthrax, 1875-1920: Uniting Local, National and Global Histories of Disease [Paperback]
James F. Stark (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9780822966494
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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From the mid-nineteenth century onwards a number of previously unknown conditions were recorded in both animals and humans. Known by a variety of names, and found in diverse locations, by the end of the century these diseases were united under the... .... Learn More -
The Making of British Anthropology, 1813-1871 [Paperback]
Efram Sera-Shriar (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9780822966487
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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Victorian anthropology has been derided as an "armchair practice," distinct from the scientific discipline of the twentieth century. But the observational practices that characterized the study of human diversity developed from the established sci... .... Learn More -
Science and Societies in Frankfurt am Main [Paperback]
Ayako Sakurai (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9780822966463
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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The nineteenth century saw science move from being the preserve of a small learned elite to a dominant force which influenced society as a whole. Sakurai presents a study of how scientific societies affected the social and political life of a city... .... Learn More -
Regionalizing Science: Placing Knowledges in Victorian England [Paperback]
Simon Naylor (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9780822966425
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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Victorian England, as is well known, produced an enormous amount of scientific endeavour, but what has previously been overlooked is the important role of geography on these developments. Naylor seeks to rectify this imbalance by presenting a hist... .... Learn More -
Popular Exhibitions, Science and Showmanship, 1840-1910 [Paperback]
Joe Kember (Editor); John Plunkett (Editor); Jill A. Sullivan (Editor)
£26.50ISBN: 9780822966395
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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Victorian culture was characterized by a proliferation of shows and exhibitions. These were encouraged by the development of new sciences and technologies, together with changes in transportation, education and leisure patterns. The essays in this... .... Learn More -
Uncommon Contexts: Encounters between Science and Literature, 1800-1914 [Paperback]
Ben Marsden (Editor); Hazel Hutchinson (Editor); Ralph O'Connor (Editor)
£26.50ISBN: 9780822966418
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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Britain in the long nineteenth century developed an increasing interest in science of all kinds. Whilst poets and novelists took inspiration from technical and scientific innovations, those directly engaged in these new disciplines relied on liter... .... Learn More -
The Medical Trade Catalogue in Britain, 1870-1914 [Paperback]
Claire L. Jones (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9780822966388
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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By the late nineteenth century, advances in medical knowledge, technology and pharmaceuticals led to the development of a thriving commercial industry. The medical trade catalogue became one of the most important means of promoting the latest tool... .... Learn More -
Victorian Medicine and Popular Culture [Paperback]
Louise Penner (Editor); Tabitha Sparks (Editor)
£26.50ISBN: 9780822966432
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture. Chapters include an examination of Charles Dickens’s involvement with hospital funding, concerns over milk purity and the theatrical po... .... Learn More -
Typhoid in Uppingham: Analysis of a Victorian Town and School in Crisis, 1875–1877 [Paperback]
Nigel Richardson (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9780822966456
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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After the Public Heath Acts of 1872 and 1875, British local authorities bore statutory obligations to carry out sanitary improvements. Richardson explores public health strategy and central-local government relations during the mid-nineteenth-cent... .... Learn More
