Science, Reform, and Politics in Victorian Britain
Subtitle: The Social Science Association 18571886
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780521036511
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Institutions & organizations: general; Sociology, Social Studies; c 1800 to c 1900; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; History; Social History; History / Great Britain; History : Social History; National Association for the Promotion of Soc; National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain)--History; Political Science / History & Theory; Science : History; History & Theory - General
First sentence: On 12 October 1857, 'between five and six thousand' people crowded into the Birmingham Town Hall to hear the inaugural address delivered by Lord Brougham at the first congress of the Social Science Association.