Frankfurt Rights

Your Search Results

      Filter your results
      Filter your results
      • Events
      • Category
      • Seller
      • Publication Year
      • Original Language
      • Rights Available in Language
      • Publish Status
      • Publication Country or region
      • Rights Available in Territory
      • Offer Type
      • Permission selling companies
      • More
      View items
      • Trusted Partner
        Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology
        Science & Mathematics
        November 2017

        Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology

        Birds, books and business

        by Henry A. McGhie

        This book explores the life of Henry Dresser (1838-1915), one of the most productive British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is largely based on previously unpublished archival material. Dresser travelled widely and spent time in Texas during the American Civil War. He built enormous collections of skins and eggs of birds from Europe, North America and Asia, which formed the basis of over 100 publications, including some of the finest bird books of the late nineteenth century. Dresser was a leading figure in scientific society and in the early bird conservation movement; his correspondence and diaries reveal the inner workings, motivations, personal relationships and rivalries that existed among the leading ornithologists.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Scientific governance in Britain, 1914–79
        Science & Mathematics
        August 2016

        Scientific governance in Britain, 1914–79

        by Charlotte Sleigh, Don Leggett

        Scientific governance in Britain, 1914-79 examines the connected histories of how science was governed, and used in governance, in twentieth-century Britain. During the middle portion of that century, British science grew dramatically in scale, reach and value. These changes were due in no small part to the two world wars and their associated effects, notably post-war reconstruction and the on-going Cold War. As the century went on, there were more scientists - requiring more money to fund their research - occupying ever more niches in industry, academia, military and civil institutions. Combining the latest research on twentieth-century British science with insightful discussion of what it meant to govern - and govern with - science, this volume provides both an invaluable introduction to science in twentieth-century Britain for students and a fresh thematic focus on science and government for researchers interested in the histories of science and governance. This volume features a foreword from Sir John Beddington, UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser 2008-13.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Scientific governance in Britain, 1914–79
        Science & Mathematics
        August 2016

        Scientific governance in Britain, 1914–79

        by Charlotte Sleigh, Don Leggett

        Scientific governance in Britain, 1914-79 examines the connected histories of how science was governed, and used in governance, in twentieth-century Britain. During the middle portion of that century, British science grew dramatically in scale, reach and value. These changes were due in no small part to the two world wars and their associated effects, notably post-war reconstruction and the on-going Cold War. As the century went on, there were more scientists - requiring more money to fund their research - occupying ever more niches in industry, academia, military and civil institutions. Combining the latest research on twentieth-century British science with insightful discussion of what it meant to govern - and govern with - science, this volume provides both an invaluable introduction to science in twentieth-century Britain for students and a fresh thematic focus on science and government for researchers interested in the histories of science and governance. This volume features a foreword from Sir John Beddington, UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser 2008-13.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology
        Science & Mathematics
        November 2017

        Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology

        Birds, books and business

        by Henry A. McGhie

        This book explores the life of Henry Dresser (1838-1915), one of the most productive British ornithologists of the mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is largely based on previously unpublished archival material. Dresser travelled widely and spent time in Texas during the American Civil War. He built enormous collections of skins and eggs of birds from Europe, North America and Asia, which formed the basis of over 100 publications, including some of the finest bird books of the late nineteenth century. Dresser was a leading figure in scientific society and in the early bird conservation movement; his correspondence and diaries reveal the inner workings, motivations, personal relationships and rivalries that existed among the leading ornithologists.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Scientific governance in Britain, 1914–79
        Science & Mathematics
        August 2016

        Scientific governance in Britain, 1914–79

        by Charlotte Sleigh, Don Leggett

        Scientific governance in Britain, 1914-79 examines the connected histories of how science was governed, and used in governance, in twentieth-century Britain. During the middle portion of that century, British science grew dramatically in scale, reach and value. These changes were due in no small part to the two world wars and their associated effects, notably post-war reconstruction and an on-going Cold War. As the century went on, there were more scientists - requiring more money to fund their research - occupying ever more niches in industry, academia, military and civil institutions. Combining the latest research on twentieth-century British science with insightful discussion of what it meant to govern - and govern with - science, this volume provides both an invaluable introduction to science in twentieth-century Britain for students and a fresh thematic focus on science and government for researchers interested in the histories of science and governance. ;

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        After 1851
        History of Art / Art & Design Styles
        February 2017

        After 1851

        The material and visual cultures of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham

        by Edited by Kate Nichols, Sarah Victoria Turner

        Echoing Joseph Paxton's question at the close of the Great Exhibition, 'What is to become of the Crystal Palace?', this interdisciplinary essay collection argues that there is considerable potential in studying this unique architectural and art-historical document after 1851, when it was rebuilt in the South London suburb of Sydenham. It brings together research on objects, materials and subjects as diverse as those represented under the glass roof of the Sydenham Palace itself; from the Venus de Milo to Sheffield steel, souvenir 'peep eggs' to war memorials, portrait busts to imperial pageants, tropical plants to cartoons made by artists on the spot, copies of paintings from ancient caves in India to 1950s film. Essays do not simply catalogue and collect this eclectic congregation, but provide new ways for assessing the significance of the Sydenham Crystal Palace for both nineteenth- and twentieth-century studies. The volume will be of particular interest to researchers and students of British cultural history, museum studies, and art history.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Industrial Enlightenment
        Science & Mathematics
        October 2017

        Industrial Enlightenment

        Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760–1820

        by Peter M. Jones

        Industrial Enlightenment explores the transition through which England passed between 1760 and 1820 on the way to becoming the world's first industrialised nation. In drawing attention to the important role played by scientific knowledge, it focuses on a dimension of this transition which is often overlooked by historians. The book argues that in certain favoured regions, England underwent a process whereby useful knowledge was fused with technological 'know how' to produce the condition described here as Industrial Enlightenment. At the forefront of the process were the natural philosophers who entered into a close and productive relationship with technologists and entrepreneurs. Much of the evidence for this study is drawn from the extraordinary archival record of the activities of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and his Soho Manufactory. The book will appeal to those keen to explore the dynamics of change in eighteenth-century England, and to those with a broad interest in the cultural history of science and technology.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Industrial Enlightenment
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        January 2009

        Industrial Enlightenment

        Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760–1820

        by Peter M. Jones

        Industrial Enlightenment explores the transition through which England passed between 1760 and 1820 on the way to becoming the world's first industrialised nation. In drawing attention to the important role played by scientific knowledge, it focuses on a dimension of this transition which is often overlooked by historians. The book argues that in certain favoured regions, England underwent a process whereby useful knowledge was fused with technological 'know how' to produce the condition described here as Industrial Enlightenment. At the forefront of the process were the natural philosophers who entered into a close and productive relationship with technologists and entrepreneurs. Much of the evidence for this study is drawn from the extraordinary archival record of the activities of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and his Soho Manufactory. The book will appeal to those keen to explore the dynamics of change in eighteenth-century England, and to those with a broad interest in the cultural history of science and technology. ;

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Bodies complexioned
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2019

        Bodies complexioned

        Human variation and racism in early modern English culture, c. 1600–1750

        by Mark Dawson

        Explanations for bodily contrasts - the colour or condition of hair, eyes, skin or blood, or the conformation of faces and skeletons - allowed the English to discriminate quite systematically amongst themselves as well as against non-Anglophone groups during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. People were sorted on the basis of their looks, and assumptions made about their physical, mental and moral capacities. While 'race' had not assumed its modern valence, and 'racial' ideologies were still to come, such typecasting nonetheless had mundane, lasting consequences. Grounded in humoral physiology, and Christian universalism notwithstanding, bodily prejudices inflected social stratification, domestic politics, sectarian division, and international relations.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        After 1851
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        February 2017

        After 1851

        The material and visual cultures of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham

        by Kate Nichols, Sarah Victoria Turner

        Echoing Joseph Paxton's question at the close of the Great Exhibition, 'What is to become of the Crystal Palace?', this interdisciplinary essay collection argues that there is considerable potential in studying this unique architectural and art-historical document after 1851, when it was rebuilt in the South London suburb of Sydenham. It brings together research on objects, materials and subjects as diverse as those represented under the glass roof of the Sydenham Palace itself; from the Venus de Milo to Sheffield steel, souvenir 'peep eggs' to war memorials, portrait busts to imperial pageants, tropical plants to cartoons made by artists on the spot, copies of paintings from ancient caves in India to 1950s film. Essays do not simply catalogue and collect this eclectic congregation, but provide new ways for assessing the significance of the Sydenham Crystal Palace for both nineteenth- and twentieth-century studies. The volume will be of particular interest to researchers and students of British cultural history, museum studies, and art history.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Science at the end of empire
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2018

        Science at the end of empire

        Experts and the development of the British Caribbean, 1940-62

        by Sabine Clarke, Alan Lester

        This book is open access under a CC BY license. This is the first account of Britain's plans for industrial development in its Caribbean colonies - something that historians have usually said Britain never contemplated. It shows that Britain's remedy to the poor economic conditions in the Caribbean gave a key role to laboratory research to re-invent sugarcane as the raw material for making fuels, plastics and drugs. Science at the end of empire explores the practical and also political functions of scientific research and economic advisors for Britain at a moment in which Caribbean governments operated with increasing autonomy and the US was intent on expanding its influence in the region. Britain's preferred path to industrial development was threatened by an alternative promoted through the Caribbean Commission. The provision of knowledge and expertise became key routes by which Britain and America competed to shape the future of the region, and their place in it.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Industrial Enlightenment
        Science & Mathematics
        January 2013

        Industrial Enlightenment

        Science, technology and culture in Birmingham and the West Midlands 1760–1820

        by Peter M. Jones

        Industrial Enlightenment explores the transition through which England passed between 1760 and 1820 on the way to becoming the world's first industrialised nation. In drawing attention to the important role played by scientific knowledge, it focuses on a dimension of this transition which is often overlooked by historians. The book argues that in certain favoured regions, England underwent a process whereby useful knowledge was fused with technological 'know how' to produce the condition described here as Industrial Enlightenment. At the forefront of the process were the natural philosophers who entered into a close and productive relationship with technologists and entrepreneurs. Much of the evidence for this study is drawn from the extraordinary archival record of the activities of Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and his Soho Manufactory. The book will appeal to those keen to explore the dynamics of change in eighteenth-century England, and to those with a broad interest in the cultural history of science and technology. ;

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Medical societies and scientific culture in nineteenth-century Belgium
        Medicine
        October 2018

        Medical societies and scientific culture in nineteenth-century Belgium

        by Joris Vandendriessche, Keir Waddington, David Cantor

        This book offers the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical societies as scientific institutions. It analyses how physicians gathered to share, discuss, evaluate, publish and even celebrate their studies, uncovering the codes of conduct that underpinned these activities. The book discusses the publishing procedures of medical journals, the tradition of oratory in academies, the networks of anatomists and the commemorations of famous physicians such as Vesalius. Its setting is nineteenth-century Belgium, a young nation state in which the freedoms of press and association were constitutionally established. The book shows how Belgian physicians participated in a civil society shaped by the values of social engagement, polite debate and a free press. Given its broad focus on science, sociability and citizenship, it will be of interest to all those seeking to understand the position of science in nineteenth-century society.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Medical societies and scientific culture in nineteenth-century Belgium
        Medicine
        October 2018

        Medical societies and scientific culture in nineteenth-century Belgium

        by Joris Vandendriessche, Keir Waddington, David Cantor

        This book offers the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical societies as scientific institutions. It analyses how physicians gathered to share, discuss, evaluate, publish and even celebrate their studies, uncovering the codes of conduct that underpinned these activities. The book discusses the publishing procedures of medical journals, the tradition of oratory in academies, the networks of anatomists and the commemorations of famous physicians such as Vesalius. Its setting is nineteenth-century Belgium, a young nation state in which the freedoms of press and association were constitutionally established. The book shows how Belgian physicians participated in a civil society shaped by the values of social engagement, polite debate and a free press. Given its broad focus on science, sociability and citizenship, it will be of interest to all those seeking to understand the position of science in nineteenth-century society.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Science at the end of empire
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2018

        Science at the end of empire

        Experts and the development of the British Caribbean, 1940-62

        by Sabine Clarke, Alan Lester

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        A sonnet to science
        Science & Mathematics
        May 2019

        A sonnet to science

        Scientists and their poetry

        by Sam Illingworth

        A sonnet to science presents an account of six ground-breaking scientists who also wrote poetry, and the effect that this had on their lives and research. How was the universal computer inspired by Lord Byron? Why was the link between malaria and mosquitos first captured in the form of a poem? Who did Humphry Davy consider to be an 'illiterate pirate'? Written by leading science communicator and scientific poet Dr Sam Illingworth, A sonnet to sciencepresents an aspirational account of how these two disciplines can work together, and in so doing aims to inspire both current and future generations of scientists and poets that these worlds are not mutually exclusive, but rather complementary in nature.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        A sonnet to science
        Science & Mathematics
        May 2019

        A sonnet to science

        Scientists and their poetry

        by Sam Illingworth

        A sonnet to science presents an account of six ground-breaking scientists who also wrote poetry, and the effect that this had on their lives and research. How was the universal computer inspired by Lord Byron? Why was the link between malaria and mosquitos first captured in the form of a poem? Who did Humphry Davy consider to be an 'illiterate pirate'? Written by leading science communicator and scientific poet Dr Sam Illingworth, A sonnet to sciencepresents an aspirational account of how these two disciplines can work together, and in so doing aims to inspire both current and future generations of scientists and poets that these worlds are not mutually exclusive, but rather complementary in nature.

        More
      • Trusted Partner
        Bodies complexioned
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2019

        Bodies complexioned

        Human variation and racism in early modern English culture, c. 1600–1750

        by Mark Dawson

        Explanations for bodily contrasts - the colour or condition of hair, eyes, skin or blood, or the conformation of faces and skeletons - allowed the English to discriminate quite systematically amongst themselves as well as against non-Anglophone groups during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. People were sorted on the basis of their looks, and assumptions made about their physical, mental and moral capacities. While 'race' had not assumed its modern valence, and 'racial' ideologies were still to come, such typecasting nonetheless had mundane, lasting consequences. Grounded in humoral physiology, and Christian universalism notwithstanding, bodily prejudices inflected social stratification, domestic politics, sectarian division, and international relations.

        More

      Subscribe to our

      newsletter

      Powered by:

      (c) Copyright 2024 - Frankfurt Rights. All Right Reserved