Natural History Societies and Civic Culture in Victorian Scotland

Winner of the Frank Watson Prize in Scottish History, 2011 The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of cultural change during the Victorian era. Science was frequently packaged as an appropriate form of civic culture, inculcating virtues necessary for civic progress.

Castigator al premiului Frank Watson in istoria scotiana, 2011 Relatia dintre stiinta si societatea civila este esentiala pentru intelegerea schimbarilor culturale din epoca victoriana. Stiinta a fost adesea ambalata ca o forma adecvata de cultura civica, inculcand virtutile necesare pentru progresul civic.