Meeting Places: Scientific Congresses and Urban Identity in Victorian Britain

by Louise Miskell

Book Overview

The four national associations studied in this book are the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS), the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (NAPSS), the Royal Archaeological Institute (RAI) and the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE), who held annual meetings in 62 different provincial towns and cities from 1831 to 1884. In this book it is contended that these meetings were as important as royal visits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138267104
• ISBN13: 9781138267107
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"