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State, Science and the Skies
Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere
E-Book
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ISBN-13:
9781444399868
Veröffentl:
2011
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
296
Autor:
Mark Whitehead
Serie:
RGS-IBG Book Series
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution. Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government and pollution in Britain, available today Presents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government Develops an innovative combination of Foucauldian history of government with a history of atmospheric science Raises crucial questions about the nature of state/science relations and the conditions under which environmental knowledge is produced
Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution.* Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government and pollution in Britain, available today* Presents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government* Develops an innovative combination of Foucauldian history of government with a history of atmospheric science* Raises crucial questions about the nature of state/science relations and the conditions under which environmental knowledge is produced
List of Figures and Tables.Series Editors' Preface.Preface.Acknowledgements.List of Abbreviations.1 Introduction: Space, History and the Governing of AirPollution.2 Historical Geographies of Science and Government: Exploringthe Apparatus of Atmospheric Knowledge Acquisition.3 Science, Sight and the Optics of Air Government 374 Governing Air Conduct: Exhibition, Examination and theCultivation of the Atmospheric Self.5 Instrumentation and the Sites of Atmospheric Monitoring.6 A National Census of the Air: Spatial Science, Calculation andthe Geo-Coding of the Atmosphere.7 Automating the Air: Atmospheric Simulations and DigitalBeings.8 Environmental Governmentalities and the Ecological Coding ofthe British Atmosphere.9 Conclusion: Learning Like a State in an Age of AtmosphericChange.Notes.References.Index.