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Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution.

  • Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government and pollution in Britain, available today
  • Presents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government
  • Develops an innovative combination of Foucauldian history of government with a history of atmospheric science
  • Raises crucial questions about the nature of state/science relations and the conditions under which environmental knowledge is produced

State, Science and the Skies: Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere

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Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 04/09/2009
    ISBN13: 9781405191746, 978-1405191746
    ISBN10: 1405191740

    Number of Pages: 296

    Non Fiction , Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment , Education

    Description

    Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution.

    • Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government and pollution in Britain, available today
    • Presents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government
    • Develops an innovative combination of Foucauldian history of government with a history of atmospheric science
    • Raises crucial questions about the nature of state/science relations and the conditions under which environmental knowledge is produced

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