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State, Science and the Skies

State, Science and the Skies

Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere

Mark Whitehead
Barcode 9781405191746
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Release Date: 04/09/2009

Genre: Science Nature & Math
Label: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Pages: 296

Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere. 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.

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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