Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Series Editor: Bernard Lightman

This monograph series focuses on the history of science during the nineteenth century. An era of exciting and transformative scientific discoveries, it was also a period when significant features of the relationship between contemporary science and culture first assumed form. The series includes studies of major developments within the 'disciplines', from geology and botany, to astronomy and medicine, as well as works on popular science. The evolution of scientific ideas is placed in its social, political, religious, cultural, imperial, and international contexts.

The Editor and the Editorial Board invite proposals for new books for publication in the series. Although this will be primarily a monograph series, we are also willing to consider edited collections. Proposals may address any aspect of nineteenth century science, for example 'disciplines' such as geology, biology, botany, astronomy, physics, chemistry, medicine, technology, and mathematics. Proposals may also focus on themes within the social sciences, natural philosophy, natural history, the alternative sciences, and popular science. In addition, they may examine science in relation to one or more of its many contexts, including literature, politics, religion, class, gender, colonialism and imperialism, material culture, visual culture and print culture. The focus will be on Britain, Europe, and the United States, but we are willing to consider works with a comparative and international dimension. Although the chronological focus will be on the nineteenth century, manuscripts that begin in the late eighteenth century or that go into the early twentieth century are also welcome.

We seek manuscripts of high quality that may perhaps be seen by other publishers as too specialized. Manuscripts should be in the range of 80,000 to 100,000 words. Our plan is to publish a first run of about 400 copies in hardcover. We welcome proposals from senior scholars as well as from recent PhDs. Proposals should be eight to ten pages in length and should include a brief overview of the relevant scholarship in the field, the contribution which your work will make to the field, a breakdown of the contents by chapter, an account of the number and type of illustrations, the length, competing books, the intended audience, and a c.v. If the Editorial Board views the proposal as promising, the author will be invited to submit a complete M.S. with plans for revision, or two sample chapters, for full evaluation. Send your proposals to: Bernard Lightman, 309 Bethune College, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3 or email lightman@yorku.ca.

Readership

History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Nineteenth-Century Studies

Editorial board

Bernard Lightman, York University
Robert Brain, University of British Columbia
William Brock, University of Kent
Janet Browne, Harvard University
Geoffrey Cantor, University of Leeds
Pietro Corsi, University of Oxford
Fa-Ti Fan, State University of New York-Binghamton
Aileen Fyfe, National University of Ireland Galway
Bruce Hunt, University of Texas
Myles Jackson, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn
Sally Kohlstedt, University of Minnesota
Lynn K Nyhart, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael A Osborne, University of California, Santa Barbara
Bowdoin van Riper, Southern Polytechnic State University
Marc Rothenberg, National Science Foundation
Simon Schaffer, University of Cambridge
Jutta Schickore, Indiana University
Ann Shteir, York University
Sally Shuttleworth, University of Oxford
Robert Smith, University of Alberta
Jon Topham, University of Leeds

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