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Title Science in the nursery : the popularisation of science in Britain and France, 1761-1901 / edited by Laurence Talairach-Vielmas.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 309 pages :) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This edited collection aims to examine the popularisation of science for children in Britain and France from the middle of the eighteenth century to the end of the Victorian period. It compares and contrasts for the first time popular science works published at the same time in the two countries, focusing both on non-fictional and fictional texts. Starting when children?s literature emerged as a genre to the end of the nineteenth century it addresses the ways in which popular science for chil ...
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Subject Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Literature and science.
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Literature and science -- France -- History -- 18th century.
France.
Literature and science -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Children's literature, English -- History and criticism.
Children's literature, English.
Children's literature, French -- History and criticism.
Children's literature, French.
Chronological Term 1700-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Added Author Talairach-Vielmas, Laurence.
Added Title Popularisation of science in Britain and France, 1761-1901
Other Form: Print version: 9786613142719
ISBN 9781443828291 (electronic book)
1443828297 (electronic book)
1283142716
9781283142717
1443826804
9781443826808
Standard No. 9786613142719