Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Science, Politics and Society in Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland : The Reverend William Richardson, Hardback Book

Science, Politics and Society in Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland : The Reverend William Richardson Hardback

Hardback

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks

Description

This book examines the pivotal period immediately after the Irish Union from the unique perspective of the Reverend William Richardson (1740–1820).

A clerical polymath, Richardson’s activities ranged from Ulster politics to international scientific debates.

His private correspondence adds to our knowledge of central Ulster before and during the 1798 rebellion and provides insights into the tensions between Irish provincial science and the metropolitan scientific world.

The book is based on extensive primary research, including material new to Irish historiography, and follows the political and scientific themes of Richardson’s career in a broadly chronological sweep, assessing the role of various shaping features, including religion, politics, personality and Enlightenment ideology, and analysing each theme in terms of its broad contemporary historical significance.

This book will appeal to students and academics with an interest in the period, or politics, religion or science. -- .

Information

Save 5%

£85.00

£80.75

Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information