Masculinity and Science in Britain, 1831-1918

by Heather Ellis

Book Overview

This book offers the first in-depth study of the masculine self-fashioning of scientific practitioners in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Focusing on the British Association for the Advancement of Science, founded in 1831, it explores the complex and dynamic shifts in the public image of the British 'man of science' and questions the status of the natural scientist as a modern masculine hero. Until now, science has been examined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137311738
• ISBN13: 9781137311733
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.6"