Science, culture, and modern state formation /

Patrick Carroll.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Carroll, Patrick, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-259) and index.

Physical description: xiii, 275 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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ISBN:0520247531
Table of Contents:
Science, culture, and modern state formation : theory and analysis
Understanding engine science : Sir Robert Boyle and the new experimentalism
Engineering culture and the civilizing mission : William Petty and the new science in Ireland
Engineering the data state : scopes, meters, and graphs
Bio-population : the science of policing natural and political bodies
Engineering Ireland : the material designs of modern statecraft.