Sociable Knowledge
Author | : Elizabeth Yale |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2016-02-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812247817 |
ISBN-13 | : 0812247817 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Download or read book Sociable Knowledge written by Elizabeth Yale and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociable Knowledge reconstructs the collaborations of seventeenth-century naturalists who, dispersed across city and country, worked through writing, conversation, and print to convert fragmented knowledge of the hyper-local and curious into an understanding and representation of Britain as a unified historical and geographical space.