Visions of Science: Books and readers at the dawn of the by James Secord
By James Secord
Thomas Carlyle's satirical paintings, Sartor Resartus. Set within the context of electoral reform and debates concerning the extension of schooling to satisfy the calls for of the arriving age of empire and undefined, Secord exhibits how the books have been released, disseminated, sought after, attacked and satirized.
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