Power, knowledge, and expertise in Elizabethan England / Eric H. Ash.
| Author/creator | Ash, Eric H., 1972- |
| Format | Book |
| 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 |
| Subjects |
| 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) |