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- catalog abstract ""In the most intensively researched study of collecting in science yet undertaken, Simon Knell uses his extensive expertise in museum geology to reinterpret the history of that science in its most heroic phase. What emerges is a world of jealousy, rivalry, ambition and fame: a science constructed in a non-scientific world." "Key figures, such as William Smith, John Phillips, Henry De la Beche and others, are redrawn in their full social context."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12035398.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In the most intensively researched study of collecting in science yet undertaken, Simon Knell uses his extensive expertise in museum geology to reinterpret the history of that science in its most heroic phase. What emerges is a world of jealousy, rivalry, ambition and fame: a science constructed in a non-scientific world." "Key figures, such as William Smith, John Phillips, Henry De la Beche and others, are redrawn in their full social context."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-364) and index.".
- catalog description "Part 1 New science--new territory -- 1 A science of fossils 3 -- 2 A culture of opportunity 28 -- Part 2 Structure of provincial science -- 3 Geology and the philosophical societies 49 -- 4 Building the collecting community 73 -- 5 Keepers of the museum 92 -- Part 3 Geology as a collecting science -- 6 Collecting: meaning and direction 115 -- 7 Geology and the collector network 135 -- 8 Collecting in pursuit of answers 171 -- 9 Fossils in the marketplace 193 -- Part 4 Endings and beginnings -- 10 Problem of free enterprise 225 -- 11 Establishing a new order 253 -- 12 End of an age 284 -- Part 5 Culture of English geology -- 13 Making of a heroic age 305.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 377 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1840146257 (hardback : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog subject "554.1 21".
- catalog subject "Fossils Collection and preservation England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Fossils England Collection and preservation History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Geology England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Geology Social aspects England.".
- catalog subject "QE262.E3 K64 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part 1 New science--new territory -- 1 A science of fossils 3 -- 2 A culture of opportunity 28 -- Part 2 Structure of provincial science -- 3 Geology and the philosophical societies 49 -- 4 Building the collecting community 73 -- 5 Keepers of the museum 92 -- Part 3 Geology as a collecting science -- 6 Collecting: meaning and direction 115 -- 7 Geology and the collector network 135 -- 8 Collecting in pursuit of answers 171 -- 9 Fossils in the marketplace 193 -- Part 4 Endings and beginnings -- 10 Problem of free enterprise 225 -- 11 Establishing a new order 253 -- 12 End of an age 284 -- Part 5 Culture of English geology -- 13 Making of a heroic age 305.".
- catalog title "The culture of English geology, 1815-1851 : a science revealed through its collecting / Simon J. Knell.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".