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OverviewThe essays in this collection explore our reliance on experts within a historical context and across a wide range of fields, including agriculture, engineering, health sciences and labour management. Contributors argue that experts were highly aware of their audiences and used performance to gain both scientific and popular support. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joris Vandendriessche (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) , Evert Peeters , Kaat Wils (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367599805ISBN 10: 0367599805 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 June 2020 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""There is a great deal of useful information to be found in this volume, and I hope that it will find its way to scholars who can make good use of it."" - William Thomas, The British Journal for the History of Science ""...the volume offers a valuable and varied picture of what expertise has looked like in modern Europe. (...) This volume represents an important development in the history of expertise as we move from studies promoting the topic’s importance to a bigger picture based on constructivist analyses of expertise in different regions, periods and political systems."" - Don Leggett, Department of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan in Annals of Science, 2016" There is a great deal of useful information to be found in this volume, and I hope that it will find its way to scholars who can make good use of it. - William Thomas, The British Journal for the History of Science ...the volume offers a valuable and varied picture of what expertise has looked like in modern Europe. (...) This volume represents an important development in the history of expertise as we move from studies promoting the topic's importance to a bigger picture based on constructivist analyses of expertise in different regions, periods and political systems. - Don Leggett, Department of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan in Annals of Science, 2016 Author InformationJoris Vandendriessche, Evert Peeters, Kaat Wils Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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