Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
Cover of the book Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland by Diarmid A. Finnegan, University of Pittsburgh Press
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Author: Diarmid A. Finnegan ISBN: 9780822981770
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Publication: July 15, 2009
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Language: English
Author: Diarmid A. Finnegan
ISBN: 9780822981770
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication: July 15, 2009
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English

The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of cultural change during the Victorian era. Science was frequently packaged as an appropriate form of civic culture, inculcating virtues necessary for civic progress. In turn, civic culture was presented as an appropriate context for enabling and supporting scientific progress. Finnegan's study looks at the shifting nature of this process during the nineteenth century, using Scotland as the focus for his argument. Considerations of class, religion and gender are explored, illuminating changing social identities as public interest in science was allowed—even encouraged—beyond the environs of universities and elite metropolitan societies.

Winner of the Frank Watson Prize in Scottish History, 2011

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The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of cultural change during the Victorian era. Science was frequently packaged as an appropriate form of civic culture, inculcating virtues necessary for civic progress. In turn, civic culture was presented as an appropriate context for enabling and supporting scientific progress. Finnegan's study looks at the shifting nature of this process during the nineteenth century, using Scotland as the focus for his argument. Considerations of class, religion and gender are explored, illuminating changing social identities as public interest in science was allowed—even encouraged—beyond the environs of universities and elite metropolitan societies.

Winner of the Frank Watson Prize in Scottish History, 2011

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