LEADER 03027nam 2200565 450 001 9910830451903321 005 20230124183012.0 010 $a1-4443-0787-8 010 $a1-4443-9986-1 010 $a1-282-33161-2 010 $a9786612331619 010 $a1-4443-0788-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000807816 035 $a(EBL)547181 035 $a(OCoLC)646788459 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4434293 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547181 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000807816 100 $a20090130d2009 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aState, science and the skies $egovernmentalities of the British atmosphere /$fMark Whitehead 210 1$aChichester, United Kingdom ;$aMalden, MA :$cWiley-Blackwell,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (293 p.) 225 1 $aRGS-IBG Book Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-9174-0 311 $a1-4051-9173-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : space, history and the governing of air pollution -- Historical geographies of science and government : exploring the apparatuses of atmospheric knowledge production -- Science, sight and the optics of air government -- Governing air conduct : exhibition, examination and the cultivation of the atmospheric self -- Instrumentation and the sites of atmospheric monitoring -- A national census of the air : spatial science, calculation and the geo-coding of the atmosphere -- Automating the air : atmospheric simulations and digital beings -- Environmental governmentalities and the ecological coding of the British atmosphere -- Conclusion : learning like a state in an age of atmospheric change. 330 $aUtilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, State, Science and the Skies presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution. Offers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government and pollution in Britain, available todayPresents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and governmentDevelops an innovative combination of Foucauldian history of government with a history of atmos 410 0$aRGS-IBG book series. 606 $aAir$xPollution$xGovernment policy$zGreat Britain 606 $aAir quality$xGovernment policy$zGreat Britain 606 $aScience and state$zGreat Britain 615 0$aAir$xPollution$xGovernment policy 615 0$aAir quality$xGovernment policy 615 0$aScience and state 676 $a363.73920941 700 $aWhitehead$b Mark$f1975-$0328713 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830451903321 996 $aState, science and the skies$93954591 997 $aUNINA