: Ayako Sakurai
: Science and Societies in Frankfurt am Main
: Pickering& Chatto Publishers
: 9781781440308
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: CHF 100.90
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: Geschichte
: English
The nineteenth century saw science move from being the preserve of a small learned elite to a dominant force which influenced society as a whole. Sakurai presents a study of how scientific societies affected the social and political life of a city. As it did not have a university or a centralized government, Frankfurt am Main is an ideal case study of how scientific associations - funded by private patronage for the good of the local populace - became an important centre for natural history.