The Culture of Nature in Britain 1680 - 1860
New Haven: Yale University Pressw, 2009.
First Edition. Hardcover.
First Edition, First Printing.
An investigation of the emergence of modern ideas about the natural world in Britain from 1680-1860 through an examination of the cultural values common to the sciences, art, literature and natural theology. During this critical period, spanned by Newtonian science and natural theology, Darwin's Origin of Species, and Ruskin's Modern Painters, the fundamental conception of nature and humanity’s place within it changed. Harmon connects a variety of differing views of nature deriving from religion, science, visual art, philosophy and literature to developments in agriculture, manufacture and the daily lives of individuals.
Item #901325ISBN: 9780300151978
6-3/8 x 9-1/2", green paper over boards, xi, 393pp, notes, index, 18 text figures.
Clean of owner's marks, square, a fine, bright copy in dust wrapper and protective mylar.
Price: $75.00