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State, Science and the Skies: Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere

Mark Whitehead
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9174-6
Hardcover
296 pages
September 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Presents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government
  • Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government in Britain, available today
  • 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

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