David Alff, Danielle Spratt, Jess Keiser, Melissa Bailes, Vivian Zuluaga Papp

Broschiertes Buch

Histories of Science

Natural Philosophy in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

Herausgeber: Alff, David; Spratt, Danielle

Beschreibung

"This volume's contributors discuss the representation, reception, and application of natural philosophy in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. The essays cover matters of science and empire, histories of observation and exploration, critical plant and animal studies, histories of demography, histories of disaster and plague studies, the history of medicine, and the history of science and gender"-- Provided by publisher.

Autor

David Alff is Associate Professor of English at the University at Buffalo and the author of The Northeast Corridor: The Trains, the People, the History, the Region. Danielle Spratt is Professor of English at California State University, Northridge, and coauthor of Engaging the Age of Jane Austen: Public Humanities in Practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Virginia Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9780813951690
• ISBN-10: 0813951690
• Artikelnr.: 73310586