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| Titre : | Missionaries of science : provincial lectures in nineteenth-century Ireland (2005) |
| Auteurs : | Enda LEANEY, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (vol. 34 n 135 2005) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 266-288 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | |
| Résumé : | For social reformers in nineteenth-century Ireland, science had an important role to play in national development. Non-denominational or secular education was targeted by the government as a possible panacea for the Irish problem, submerging sectarian and political differences. In order to promote this secular ethos, the government established agencies such as the Board of National Education (B.N.E.) in 1831 and the Queen's Colleges of Belfast, Cork and Galway in 1845. Science seemed to be an area of discourse particularly appropriate to the promotion of economic prosperity and social harmony through the common cause of education |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Mention de responsabilité : | Enda Leaney |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
