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" Science, politics, and business in the work of Sir John Lubbock : "
Mark Patton.
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995244
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b749614
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Patton, Mark.
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Science, politics, and business in the work of Sir John Lubbock : : a man of universal mind /\ Mark Patton.
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Aldershot, Hampshire, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate,, ©2007.
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Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
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1 online resource (x, 270 pages) :: illustrations.
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0754653218
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: 0754686604
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: 9780754686606
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9780754653219
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editor Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: A Man of Universal Mind; PART I: DARWIN'S APPRENTICE, 1834-60; PART II: MAN OF STONE, 1861-69; PART III: SAINT LUBBOCK'S DAYS, 1870-85; PART IV: A NOBLE AND GLORIOUS UNITY, 1886-1913; Bibliography; Index.
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Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913), first Lord Avebury, was a leading figure in the scientific, political and economic world of Victorian Britain and it is the inter-relations between these worlds that forms the core of this book. In particular it explores the way in which Lubbock acted as a link between the scientific worlds of Darwin, Huxley and Tyndall, the political world of Gladstone and Chamberlain and the business world of Edison and Carnegie. By tying these threads together this study shows the important role Lubbock played in defining and popularising the Victorian ideal of progress and its.
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Lubbock, John,1834-1913.
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Lubbock, John,1834-1913
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Businessmen-- Great Britain, Biography.
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Naturalists-- Great Britain, Biography.
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Politicians-- Great Britain, Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Science Technology.
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Businessmen.
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Naturalists.
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NATURE-- Essays.
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NATURE-- Reference.
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Politicians.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Ecotourism.
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Great Britain.
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508.092B
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QH31.L795P38 2007eb
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