LEADER 02814oam 2200637zu 450 001 9910954073803321 005 20240501132716.0 010 $a9781526111807 010 $a1526111802 010 $a9781781705001 010 $a1781705003 035 $a(CKB)2670000000356974 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037655 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12415823 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037655 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11046014 035 $a(PQKB)11634523 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000125668 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4706710 035 $a(Perlego)1526282 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000356974 100 $a20160829d2013 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aScience, politics and society in early nineteenth-century Ireland : the Reverend William Richardson 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aManchester :$cManchester University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780719085185 311 08$a0719085187 327 $aSCIENCE, POLITICS and SOCIETY in early nineteenth-century Ireland: The Reverend William Richardson -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. 'Virtue appears like an Oak': WilliamRichardson's family and background -- 2. William Richardson: popular loyalism and the politics of Protestant Ascendancy -- 3. 'The scattered remnants of a diminished world': William Richardson and geology -- 4. The man of grass: agricultural improve mentand public opinion -- 5. Richardson and Malthus -- 6. Richardson and provincial science -- 7. Conclusion: Richardson's historical significance -- Select bibliography -- Index. 330 8 $aBased on newly unearthed source material, this book follows the career of clergyman William Richardsona and assesses his impact on politics, science and agriculture nationally and internationally. 606 $aScientists$zIreland$vBiography 606 $aClergy$zIreland$vBiography 606 $aPoliticians$zIreland$vBiography 606 $aRegions & Countries - Europe$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aIreland$2HILCC 607 $aIreland$xPolitics and government$y1760-1820 615 0$aScientists 615 0$aClergy 615 0$aPoliticians 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Europe 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aIreland 676 $a941.5081092 700 $aBlackstock$b Allan$01101887 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954073803321 996 $aScience, politics and society in early nineteenth-century Ireland : the Reverend William Richardson$94368657 997 $aUNINA