Masculinity and science in Britain, 1831-1918 /

This book offers the first in-depth study of the masculine self-fashioning of scientific practitioners in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Focusing on the British Association for the Advancement of Science, founded in 1831, it explores the complex and dynamic shifts in the public imag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellis, Heather (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Colección:Genders and sexualities in history.
Temas:
British Association for the Advancement of Science > History.
British Association for the Advancement of Science
1800-1999
Science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Science > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Masculinity > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Masculinity > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Masculinité > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Masculinité > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SCIENCE > History.
Masculinity
Science
Great Britain
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Man of Science as a Gendered Ideal
  • 1. The Changing Public Image of the Man of Science, 1600-1830
  • 2. New Masculine Heroes: Davy, Bacon and the Construction of the Gentleman-Scientist
  • 3. 'An Effete World': Gendered Criticism and the British Association
  • 4. Thomas Carlyle, the X-Club and the Hero as Man of Science
  • 5. The Decline of the British Association? Marginalization, Masculinity and Marconi
  • 6. Reuniting Theory and Practice: The Man of Science and the First World War
  • Conclusion.

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