An Eighteenth-Century Ecology of Knowledge: Patronage and Natural History
This article analyses the construction and dissemination of natural-history knowledge in the eighteenth century. It takes the mapping and narration of Orkney as a case study, focusing on the local minister and amateur natural-historian George Low and his network of patron-client relationships with s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Linköping University Electronic Press
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.1461275 |