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Author:

Ash, Eric H., 1972-

Title:

Power, knowledge, and expertise in Elizabethan England / Eric H. Ash.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

viii, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Power (Social sciences)--Great Britain--History--16th century.
Knowledge, Sociology of--History--16th century.
Expertise--Political aspects--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1558-1603.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--16th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-255) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : expert mediators and Elizabethan England -- German miners, English mistrust, and the importance of being "expert" -- Expert mediation and the rebuilding of Dover Harbor -- Early mathematical navigation in England -- Secants, sailors and Elizabethan manuals of navigation -- Francis Bacon and the expertise of natural philosophy -- Conclusion : power, authority, and the expert mediator.

Series:

Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 122nd series, 2

ISBN:

9780801879920 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801879922 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54425110

LCCN:

2004003188

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)