Science in the Nursery: The Popularisation of Science in Britain and France, 1761-1901

by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas

This edited collection aims to examine the popularisation of science for children in Britain and France from the middle of the eighteenth century to the end of the Victorian period. It compares and contrasts for the first time popular science works published at the same time in the two countries, focusing both on non-fictional and fictional texts. Starting when children's literature emerged as a genre to the end of the nineteenth century it addresses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1443826804
• ISBN13: 9781443826808
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.2"