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Science, politics and society in early nineteenth-century Ireland

The Reverend William Richardson

By Allan Blackstock

Science, politics and society in early nineteenth-century Ireland
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  • ISBN: 9780719085185
  • Publish Date: May 2013
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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    • Format: Hardcover
    • ISBN: 978-0-7190-8518-5
    • Pages: 208
    • Price: £85.00
    • Published Date: May 2013

    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.

    Contents

    1. 'Virtue appears like an Oak': William Richardson's family and background
    2. William Richardson, popular loyalism and the politics of Protestant Ascendancy
    3. 'The scattered remnants of a diminished world': Richardson and geology
    4. The Man of Grass: Agricultural improvement and public opinion
    5. Richardson and Malthus
    6. Richardson and provincial science
    7. Conclusion: Richardson's historical significance
    Index

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    Allan Blackstock is Reader in History at the University of Ulster

    Science, politics and society in early nineteenth-century Ireland

    By Allan Blackstock

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