Inventing Canada - Early Victorian Science and the Idea of a Transcontinental Nation

Informationen zum Autor Suzanne Zeller teaches history, history of science, and environmental history at Wilfrid Laurier University. Klappentext Zeller taps a wide range of archival and published sources to document the prominent place of Victorian science in British North American thought and society. Her focus on the creative functions of Victorian geological, geophysical, and botanical sciences highlights the formation of a Canadian community of scientists, politicians, educators, journalists, businessmen, and others who promoted public support of scientific activities and institutions. By moving beyond the eighteenth-century mechanical ideals that had forged the United States, they reassessed the land and its possibilities to redefine the transcontinental future of a northern variant of the British nation. Inventing Canada is a must-read for anyone interested in the scientific background of Canada's history, including its environmental history. Zusammenfassung Presents the history of science! land! and nation in Victorian Canada. This book highlights the formation of a Canadian community of scientists! politicians! educators! journalists! businessmen! and others who promoted public support of scientific activities and institutions.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne Zeller
• Publisher: Mcgill queen's university pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2009
• EAN: 9780773535619
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-3561-9
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Carleton Library Series; None; Carleton Library Series; Carleton Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous