Description
This book comprises nine essays, selected from Roy MacLeod's work on the social history of Victorian science, and is concerned with the analysis of science as a responsibility and opportunity for 19th-century statecraft. It illuminates the origins of environmental regulation, the creation of scientific inspectorates, the reform of scientific institutions, and the association of government with the patronage and support of fundamental research. Above all, it explores several of the ways in which British scientists became 'statesmen in disguise', negotiating interests and professional goals by association with the interests of the state as 'provider' and agent of efficiency in education and in the application of research.
About the Author
Roy M. MacLeod, University of Sydney, Australia
Reviews
'...a timely and highly readable collection of papers...this handsomely bound volume is a valuable resource for science historians and anybody else interested in broader questions of science and technology policy.' Prometheus, Vol. 17, No. 1
Book Information
ISBN 9780860785354
Author Roy M. MacLeod
Format Hardback
Page Count 344
Imprint Variorum
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g
About the Author
Roy M. MacLeod, University of Sydney, Australia
Reviews
'...a timely and highly readable collection of papers...this handsomely bound volume is a valuable resource for science historians and anybody else interested in broader questions of science and technology policy.' Prometheus, Vol. 17, No. 1
Book Information
ISBN 9780860785354
Author Roy M. MacLeod
Format Hardback
Page Count 344
Imprint Variorum
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g
