State, Science and the Skies: Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere

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Description

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

About the Author

Mark Whitehead is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University; and Senior Research Fellow at the City Institute, York University, Toronto. His published works include Spaces of Sustainability: Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society (2006); and The Nature of the State: Excavating the Political Ecologies of the Modern State (co-author, 2007).

Features

Presents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government
Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government in Britain, available today
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

Series

RGS-IBG Book Series

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