Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
ISBN: 9780822966463
Pub Date: June 2021
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Price:
£41.00
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Description:
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.