Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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985276
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b739646
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Main Entry
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Naylor, Simon
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Title & Author
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Regionalizing science : : placing knowledges in Victorian England /\ by Simon Naylor.
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Publication Statement
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London :: Pickering & Chatto,, 2010.
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Series Statement
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Science and culture in the nineteenth century ;; no. 11
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages) :: illustrations
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ISBN
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0822981807
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: 185196679X
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: 9780822981800
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: 9781851966790
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1851966366
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9781851966363
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.
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Contents
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1. Confined to a small round -- 2. Healthy recreation and headwork -- 3. The sweet road to improvement -- 4. The depths of the billows -- 5. A large natural green house of England -- 6. More facts, more remains -- 7. A furious tempest.
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Abstract
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Victorian England, as is well known, produced an enormous amount of scientific endeavour, but what has previously been overlooked is the important role of geography on these developments. This book seeks to rectify this imbalance by presenting a historical geography of regional science.
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Subject
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Science-- Social aspects-- England-- Cornwall (County)-- History-- 19th century.
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Subject
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Historical geography.
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Subject
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Historische Geographie.
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Subject
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Naturwissenschaften-- Grossbritannien-- Geschichte 19. Jh.
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Subject
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SCIENCE-- Philosophy Social Aspects.
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Subject
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Science-- Social aspects.
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Subject
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Sociale aspecten.
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Subject
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Wetenschap.
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Subject
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Cornwall (England : County), Historical geography.
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Subject
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Cornwall (England, Grossbritannien)
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Subject
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Cornwall.
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Subject
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England, Cornwall (County)
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Dewey Classification
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306.4509423709034
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LC Classification
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Q175.52.G7N39 2010eb
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NLM classification
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02.10bcl
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