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- catalog abstract "Joseph Banks's name is attached to various plant species and geographical locations around the world; he was a long-time president of the Royal Society, Privy Counsellor and adviser to the British government on a range of scientific and imperial issues. He was a driving force in the establishment of a penal colony at Botany Bay. Yet there are few monuments to him and while he has been the subject of a number of biographies, these have focused on his personal career rather than his relationship with some of the major movements of the period. This book places the work of Joseph Banks in the context of the Enlightenment. It aims at a better understanding of Banks himself as well as seeking to provide an analysis of some of the major scientific and cultural preoccupations of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century British society. Banks's relation to the currents of thought associated with the Enlightenment is explored through a number of thematic chapters. These deal with the cultural ideal of the 'virtuoso' and the pursuit of natural history and anthropology, the practice of 'improvement' and the political and intellectual forces which contributed to the waning of the enlightenment in England.".
- catalog contributor b5883246.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "1. Joseph Banks: A Biographical Sketch -- 2. The Limits of Enlightenment -- 3. From Virtuoso to Botanist -- 4. From Antiquarian to Anthropologist -- 5. The Principles and Practice of Improvement -- 6. The Waning of the English Enlightenment".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309) and index.".
- catalog description "Joseph Banks's name is attached to various plant species and geographical locations around the world; he was a long-time president of the Royal Society, Privy Counsellor and adviser to the British government on a range of scientific and imperial issues. He was a driving force in the establishment of a penal colony at Botany Bay. Yet there are few monuments to him and while he has been the subject of a number of biographies, these have focused on his personal career rather than his relationship with some of the major movements of the period. This book places the work of Joseph Banks in the context of the Enlightenment. It aims at a better understanding of Banks himself as well as seeking to provide an analysis of some of the major scientific and cultural preoccupations of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century British society. Banks's relation to the currents of thought associated with the Enlightenment is explored through a number of thematic chapters. These deal with the cultural ideal of the 'virtuoso' and the pursuit of natural history and anthropology, the practice of 'improvement' and the political and intellectual forces which contributed to the waning of the enlightenment in England.".
- catalog extent "xi, 324 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521450772".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "508/.092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 Views on science.".
- catalog subject "Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.".
- catalog subject "Enlightenment Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Q127.G7 G37 1994".
- catalog subject "Science Great Britain History 18th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Joseph Banks: A Biographical Sketch -- 2. The Limits of Enlightenment -- 3. From Virtuoso to Botanist -- 4. From Antiquarian to Anthropologist -- 5. The Principles and Practice of Improvement -- 6. The Waning of the English Enlightenment".
- catalog title "Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment : useful knowledge and polite culture / John Gascoigne.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".