03189nam 22006134a 450 991078064190332120230721023712.01-282-35272-597866123527200-300-16003-810.12987/9780300160031(CKB)2430000000010777(OCoLC)646861422(CaPaEBR)ebrary10348500(SSID)ssj0000290555(PQKBManifestationID)11275180(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290555(PQKBWorkID)10410461(PQKB)11284492(MiAaPQ)EBC3420603(DE-B1597)486800(OCoLC)1024024142(DE-B1597)9780300160031(Au-PeEL)EBL3420603(CaPaEBR)ebr10348500(CaONFJC)MIL235272(OCoLC)923594953(EXLCZ)99243000000001077720080922d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBugs and the Victorians[electronic resource] /J.F.M. ClarkNew Haven [Conn.] ;London Yale University Pressc20091 online resource (336 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-15091-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-310) and index.Introduction -- The politics of insects -- Struggle for the minds of insects -- Bees and ants -- Social insects and secular science -- Darwin and the entomologists -- The Colorado beetle -- A female entomologist -- Insects and empire -- House flies -- Conclusion.In the wake of the Scientific Revolution, the impulse to name and classify the natural world accelerated, and insects presented a particularly inviting challenge. This lively book explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life. By placing insects in a myriad of contexts-politics, religion, gender, and empire-John F. McDiarmid Clark demonstrates the impact of Victorian culture on the science of insects and on the systematic knowledge of the natural world. Through engaging accounts of famous and eccentric innovators who sought to define social roles for themselves through a specialist study of insects-among them a Tory clergyman, a banker and member of Parliament, a wealthy spinster, and an entrepreneurial academic-Clark highlights the role of insects in the making of modern Britain and maintains that the legacy of Victorian entomologists continues to this day.EntomologyEnglandHistory19th centuryEntomologyHistory595.70942/09034NU 2000rvkClark J. F. M(John F. M.),1963-1504332MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780641903321Bugs and the Victorians3733281UNINA