LEADER 03223nam 22006254a 450 001 9910456794603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35272-5 010 $a9786612352720 010 $a0-300-16003-8 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300160031 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010777 035 $a(OCoLC)646861422 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10348500 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000290555 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11275180 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290555 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10410461 035 $a(PQKB)11284492 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420603 035 $a(DE-B1597)486800 035 $a(OCoLC)1024024142 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300160031 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420603 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348500 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235272 035 $a(OCoLC)923594953 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010777 100 $a20080922d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBugs and the Victorians$b[electronic resource] /$fJ.F.M. Clark 210 $aNew Haven [Conn.] ;$aLondon $cYale University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-15091-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-310) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aEntomology$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEntomology$xHistory 676 $a595.70942/09034 686 $aNU 2000$2rvk 700 $aClark$b J. F. M$g(John F. M.),$f1963-$01056043 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456794603321 996 $aBugs and the Victorians$92490084 997 $aUNINA