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Useful Knowledge: The Victorians, Morality, and the March of Intellect
Alan Rauch
Useful Knowledge: The Victorians, Morality, and the March of Intellect
Alan Rauch
Presents a social, cultural, and literary history of this knowledge industry and traces its relationships within 19th-century literature, ending with its eventual confrontation with Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species". This book touches on social and cultural anxieties that offer both historical and contemporary insights.
304 pages, 20 illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 17, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780822326687 |
Publishers | Duke University Press |
Pages | 304 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 24 mm · 726 g |