Visions of the future : almanacs, time, and cultural change 1775-1870 / Maureen Perkins.
Visions of the future : almanacs, time, and cultural change 1775-1870 / Maureen Perkins.
Visions of the future : almanacs, time, and cultural change 1775-1870 / Maureen Perkins.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1996.
Date
1996.
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T0378815
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 270 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Almanacs, Astrology, and the Stationers' Company -- 2. The Birth of the Statistical Almanac and the Assault on Superstition -- 3. Almanacs and Prophecy -- 4. Comic Almanacs -- 5. Australian Almanacs and Popular Culture -- 6. The Parent of a Hundred Superstitions -- Conclusion: Appropriating the C...
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1996.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
The book goes on to discuss why all claims to predict the future, including those of astrology, became categorized as 'superstition'. It argues that this development was linked to two major cultural changes: the rise of statistical discourse and the dominance of Newtonian time. Statistical forecasting achieved the status of a 'science' at the same...
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Visions of the future : almanacs, time, and cultural change 1775-1870 / Maureen Perkins.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-264) and index.
Transferred from N032.02/63.
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T0378815
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74VvpkoN3023
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ISBN
0198121784 (acid-free paper)
9780198121787 (acid-free paper)
DDC
032.02
MMS ID
991005346139702626
