Science, Politics and Society in Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland - The Reverend William Richardson

Informationen zum Autor Allan Blackstock is Reader in History at the University of Ulster Klappentext Based on newly unearthed source material, this book follows the career of clergyman William Richardsona and assesses his impact on politics, science and agriculture nationally and internationally. Zusammenfassung Based on newly unearthed source material! this book follows the career of clergyman William Richardsona and assesses his impact on politics! science and agriculture nationally and internationally. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. 'Virtue appears like an Oak': William Richardson's family and background 2. William Richardson, popular loyalism and the politics of Protestant Ascendancy 3. 'The scattered remnants of a diminished world': Richardson and geology4. The Man of Grass: Agricultural improvement and public opinion5. Richardson and Malthus6. Richardson and provincial science7. Conclusion: Richardson's historical significanceIndex

Product details

• Authors: Allan Blackstock, Blackstock Allan
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9780719085185
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8518-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, British & Irish history