This title examines the cultural importance of the coastline in the nineteenth-century British imagination. The long nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic, va

This first volume includes scientific sources that were foundational in the professionalization of science and in the development and dissemination of scientifi

Charting an 'aesthetic', post-realist tradition of writing, this book considers the significant role played by John Ruskin's art criticism in later writing whic

This volume examines the cultural importance of the coastline in Britain during a time of vast change.

How did scientists, artists, designers, manufacturers and amateur enthusiasts experience and value the sea and its products? Examining the commoditization of th