{"product_id":"state-science-and-the-skies-governmentalities-of-the-british-atmosphere-hardback-9781405191746","title":"State, Science and the Skies; Governmentalities of the British Atmosphere (Hardback) 9781405191746","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eState, Science and the Skies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGovernmentalities of the British Atmosphere\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eState, Science and the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e is a carefully researched and politically important work. Creatively developing Foucault's work on governmentality, it shows the complex interrelations of technology, policy and practice. Taking the atmosphere as an object of government, it insists on the essential vertical dimension of the geographies of the modern state.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eStuart Elden, Professor of Political Geography, Durham University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eState, Science and the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e is a superbly crafted synthesis of the making of a modern climatological state. Whitehead follows the expert and the state in their creation of atmospheric government and its aerial responsibilities. Blending a robust historical narrative with thought-provoking analyses of atmospheric lives of boiler attendants, employers, government inspectors and housewives, Whitehead provides an important framework for thinking about the current concerns surrounding climate change and air pollution. \u003ci\u003eState, Science and the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e is bound to become a major reference in all future discussions about the scientific and political constructions of environmental life in modern Britain and beyond.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eVladimir Jankovic, Lecturer, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine University of Manchester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Whitehead (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405191746, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.562 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mark Whitehead's 2009 book State, Science and the Skies constitutes a compelling and important contribution to the RGS–IBG Book Series . . . This fascinating book is part of an increasing literature on a much neglected area of study: the role and importance of the atmosphere in our lives (e.g. Jankovic, 2000; Latour, 2003; Strauss and Orlove, 2003; Kessel, 2006; Thornes, 2008) . . . State, Science and the Skies should provide us with an important guide to the geographies of the atmosphere. It is especially helpful in order to cultivate some sense of relief to Sloterdijk's (2009) emphasis on the air as a means of administering death through environmental means.\" (\u003ci\u003eGeoform,\u003c\/i\u003e 1 September 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUtilizing environmental archival materials from the UK, \u003ci\u003eState, Science and the Skies\u003c\/i\u003e presents a groundbreaking historical account of the development of a state science of atmospheric pollution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers the most extensive historical and geographical account of atmospheric government and pollution in Britain, available today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents archival material from 150 years of British history that represents an original contribution to our knowledge of the history of science and government\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops an innovative combination of Foucauldian history of government with a history of atmospheric science\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRaises crucial questions about the nature of state\/science relations and the conditions under which environmental knowledge is produced\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures and Tables.  \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors' Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Space, History and the Governing of Air Pollution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Historical Geographies of Science and Government: Exploring the Apparatus of Atmospheric Knowledge Acquisition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Science, Sight and the Optics of Air Government.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Governing Air Conduct: Exhibition, Examination and the Cultivation of the Atmospheric Self.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Instrumentation and the Sites of Atmospheric Monitoring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 A National Census of the Air: Spatial Science, Calculation and the Geo-Coding of the Atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Automating the Air: Atmospheric Simulations and Digital Beings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Environmental Governmentalities and the Ecological Coding of the British Atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Conclusion: Learning Like a State in an Age of Atmospheric Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437796290840,"sku":"9781405191746","price":56.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405191746.jpg?v=1784941157","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/state-science-and-the-skies-governmentalities-of-the-british-atmosphere-hardback-9781405191746","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}