Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science
David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers
Abstract
This book gathers essays that examine science in this significant period and show how each is embedded in wider systems of meaning, authority, and identity. Chapters from a range of contributors explore the places of creation, the paths of knowledge transmission and reception, and the import of exchange networks at various scales. Studies range from the inspection of the places of London science, which show how different scientific sites operated different moral and epistemic economies, to the scrutiny of the ways in which the museum space of the Smithsonian Institution and the expansive space ... More
This book gathers essays that examine science in this significant period and show how each is embedded in wider systems of meaning, authority, and identity. Chapters from a range of contributors explore the places of creation, the paths of knowledge transmission and reception, and the import of exchange networks at various scales. Studies range from the inspection of the places of London science, which show how different scientific sites operated different moral and epistemic economies, to the scrutiny of the ways in which the museum space of the Smithsonian Institution and the expansive space of the American West produced science and framed geographical understanding. This volume makes clear that the science of this era varied in its constitution and reputation in relation to place and personnel, in its nature by virtue of its different epistemic practices, in its audiences, and in the ways in which it was put to work.
Keywords:
science,
knowledge transmission,
knowledge reception,
exchange networks,
London,
nineteenth century,
Smithsonian Institution,
American West,
epistemic practices,
scientific audiences
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780226487267 |
| Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: March 2013 |
DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226487298.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
David N. Livingstone, editor
Charles W. J. Withers, editor
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