Power, knowledge, and expertise in Elizabethan England

Power, knowledge, and expertise in Elizabethan England / Eric H. Ash.

Author/creator	Ash, Eric H., 1972-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Description	viii, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Power (Social sciences)--Great Britain --History --16th century. Knowledge, Sociology of--History --16th century. Expertise--Political aspects --Great Britain. Great Britain--Politics and government --1558-1603. Great Britain--Intellectual life --16th century.

Series	Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 122nd series, 2 Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science 122nd series, 2. ^A134864
Contents	Introduction : expert mediators and Elizabethan England -- German miners, English mistrust, and the importance of being "expert" -- Expert mediation and the rebuilding of Dover Harbor -- Early mathematical navigation in England -- Secants, sailors and Elizabethan manuals of navigation -- Francis Bacon and the expertise of natural philosophy -- Conclusion : power, authority, and the expert mediator.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-255) and index.
LCCN	2004003188
ISBN	0801879922 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DA356 .A69 2004	✔ Available	Place Hold