内容简介
UtilizingenvironmentalarchivalmaterialsfromtheUK,State,ScienceandtheSkiespresentsagroundbreakinghistoricalaccountofthedevelopmentofastatescienceofatmosphericpollution.OffersthemostextensivehistoricalandgeographicalaccountofatmosphericgovernmentandpollutioninBritain,availabletodayPresentsarchivalmaterialfrom150yearsofBritishhistorythatrepresentsanoriginalcontributiontoourknowledgeofthehistoryofscienceandgovernmentDevelopsaninnovativecombinationofFoucauldianhistoryofgovernmentwithahistoryofatmosphericscienceRaisescrucialquestionsaboutthenatureofstate/sciencerelationsandtheconditionsunderwhichenvironmentalknowledgeisproduced