Culture and science in the nineteenth-century media / edited by Louise Henson. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henson, Louise.

Series:

Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)

Nineteenth Century Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science journalism--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Science journalism.

British periodicals--History--19th century.

British periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Culture and science in the 19th century media

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Written by literary scholars, historians of science, and cultural historians, the twenty-two original essays in this collection explore the intriguing and multifaceted interrelationships between science and culture through the periodical press in nineteenth-century Britain. Ranging across the spectrum of periodical titles, the six sections comprise: 'Women, Children, and Gender', 'Religious Audiences', 'Naturalizing the Supernatural', 'Contesting New Technologies', 'Professionalization and Journalism', and 'Evolution, Psychology, and Culture'. The essays offer some of the first 'samplings and soundings' from the emergent and richly interdisciplinary field of scholarship on the relations between science and the nineteenth-century media.

Contents:

pt. I. Women, children, and gender

pt. II. Religious audiences

pt. III. Naturalizing the supernatural

pt. IV. Contesting new technolgies

pt. V. Professionalization and journalism

pt. VI. Evolution, psychology, and culture.

Notes:

First published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-138-25173-9

1-315-25870-6

1-351-94684-6

9781315258706

OCLC:

975225950