After the Flood - Imagining the Global Environment in Early Modern Europe

Following Noah's Flood as a popular topic of debate through long-distance networks of knowledge from the late sixteenth through the early eighteenth centuries, Barnett reveals how early modern earth and environmental sciences were shaped by gender, evangelism, empire, race, and nation.

Info autore

Lydia Barnett is an associate professor of history at Northwestern University.

Riassunto

Following Noah's Flood as a popular topic of debate through long-distance networks of knowledge from the late sixteenth through the early eighteenth centuries, Barnett reveals how early modern earth and environmental sciences were shaped by gender, evangelism, empire, race, and nation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lydia Barnett, Lydia (Northwestern University) Barnett
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781421429519
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2951-9
• Pagine: 264
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, European History, Climate Change, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Religion & Science, The environment, History of Science, environmental science, engineering & technology, Science / Environmental Science, Religion & science