Geography and Science in Britain, 1831â "1939: A Study of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

by Charles W.J. Withers

Book Overview

This book examines the history and geography of science in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Britain and the British Empire. In considering the history and geography of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and the discipline of geography in local, national and imperial contexts, the book makes an important inter-disciplinary contribution. Attention is paid to the Association's workings, to geography as a civic science in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526116715
• ISBN13: 9781526116710
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"