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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick CarrollPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780520247536ISBN 10: 0520247531 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 02 October 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Science, Culture, and Modern State Formation: Theory and Analysis 2. Understanding Engine Science: Robert Boyle and the New Experimentalism 3. Engineering Culture and the Civilizing Mission: William Petty and the New Science in Ireland 4. Engineering the Data State: Scopes, Meters, and Graphs 5. Bio-population: The Science of Policing Natural and Political Bodies 6. Engineering Ireland: The Material Designs of Modern Statecraft Conclusion Notes Bibliograpny IndexReviewsPatrick Carroll presents a new explanation of what is 'modern' about the modern state. He provides, and lays out in rich detail, the historical development of a modern state rooted in a new 'engineering culture' that emerged in the 17th-century, and demonstrates the inextricable connection between modern science and the origins of the modern state. - Jack A. Goldstone, author of Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World A great book - carefully documented, insightful, and very well written. This is one of the most exciting works I have come across in recent years. In addition to being a very readable history of British colonial projects in Ireland from the 17th through the 19th centuries, it has implications for understanding post-colonial occupations and nation-building ventures today. - Michael E. Lynch, Director of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University Author InformationPatrick Carroll is Associate Professor of Sociology and a member of the Science and Technology Studies Program at the University of California at Davis. He is author of Colonial Discipline: The Making of the Irish Convict System. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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