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Science in the nursery : the popularisation of science in Britain and France, 1761-1901 / Popularisation of science in Britain and France, 1761-1901 edited by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 309 pages) : illustrations - EBSCO Academic Collection .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

This edited collection aims to examine the popularisation of science for children in Britain and France from the middle of the eighteenth century to the end of the Victorian period. It compares and contrasts for the first time popular science works published at the same time in the two countries, focusing both on non-fictional and fictional texts. Starting when children?s literature emerged as a genre to the end of the nineteenth century it addresses the ways in which popular science for chil ...


English.

ISBN: 9781443828291 (electronic bk.) 1443828297 (electronic bk.) 1283142716 9781283142717 9786613142719 6613142719

Standard No.: 9786613142719

Source: 314271 MIL

LCCN:

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB740771 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017829948 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1700-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Literature and science--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Literature and science--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Literature and science--History--France--18th century.
Literature and science--History--France--19th century.
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Children's literature, French--History and criticism.
Littérature et sciences--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--18e siècle.
Littérature et sciences--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
Littérature et sciences--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
Littérature et sciences--Histoire--France--19e siècle.
Littérature de jeunesse anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Littérature de jeunesse française--Histoire et critique.
Natural history (Children's/Teenage)
Popular science.
Literature & literary studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
Children's literature, English.
Children's literature, French.
Literature and science.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France.
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

LC Class. No.: PN55 / .S365 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 809.93360830941