Recoveries
Subtitle: neglected episodes in Irish cultural history, 1860-1912
By: John Wilson Foster.
Publisher: University College Dublin Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Ireland -- Civilization -- 19th century.; Ireland -- Civilization -- 20th century.
Description: This book presents three lectures delivered at NUI Maynooth in February 2001. Each lecture draws attention to a neglected episode in Irish cultural history that occurred between mid-Victorian and Edwardian times. The first lecture discusses the reaction in Ireland to one version of Darwinism; the second lecture addresses the building of the RMS Titanic; and the last lecture discusses the explosive growth in popularity of fieldwork in geology, botany, and zoology in Ireland. All contribute to the cultural history of science in Ireland. -- From Introduction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index.