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Bugs and the Victorians (Hardcover)
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Bugs and the Victorians (Hardcover)
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In the wake of the Scientific Revolution, the impulse to name and
classify the natural world accelerated, and insects presented a
particularly inviting challenge. This lively book explores how
science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British
culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted
entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of
Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the
origins of life. By placing insects in a myriad of
contexts--politics, religion, gender, and empire--John F. McDiarmid
Clark demonstrates the impact of Victorian culture on the science
of insects and on the systematic knowledge of the natural world.
Through engaging accounts of famous and eccentric innovators who
sought to define social roles for themselves through a specialist
study of insects--among them a Tory clergyman, a banker and member
of Parliament, a wealthy spinster, and an entrepreneurial
academic--Clark highlights the role of insects in the making of
modern Britain and maintains that the legacy of Victorian
entomologists continues to this day.
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