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State, Science and the Skies
Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere
Mark WhiteheadSeries: RGS-IBG Book(0)
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Utilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution.
• Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government and pollution in Britain, available today
• Presents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government
• Develops an innovative combination of Foucauldian history of government with a history of atmospheric science
• Raises crucial questions about the nature of state/science relations and the conditions under which environmental knowledge is produced
• Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government and pollution in Britain, available today
• Presents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government
• Develops an innovative combination of Foucauldian history of government with a history of atmospheric science
• Raises crucial questions about the nature of state/science relations and the conditions under which environmental knowledge is produced
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