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

Author/creator Ash, Eric H., 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
Descriptionviii, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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SeriesJohns 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-255) and index.
LCCN 2004003188
ISBN0801879922 (hardcover : alk. paper)