Louise Miskell

Meeting Places: Scientific Congresses and Urban Identity in Victorian Britain (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The four national associations studied in this book are the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS), the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (NAPSS), the Royal Archaeological Institute (RAI) and the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE), who held annual meetings in 62 different provincial towns and cities from 1831 to 1884. In this book it is contended that these meetings were as important as royal visits and major civic ceremonies in providing towns with an opportunity to promote their own status and identity. By deploying a wealth of primary source material, this book offers a new and genuinely Britain-wide perspective on a period when comparison and competition with neighbouring places was a constant preoccupation of town leaders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317097983
• Artikelnr.: 49352322

Autorenporträt

Louise Miskell is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Classics at Swansea University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Movable feasts: Victorian knowledge associations and the evolution of the annual meeting
The bidding contest
Running the meeting
Experiencing the meeting
Beyond the meeting: host towns and the parliaments of science effect
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.