Jenner, M. (1995) The politics of London air : John Evelyn's 'Fumifugium' and the Restoration. The Historical Journal. pp. 535-551. ISSN 1469-5103
Abstract
Historians have commonly described John Evelyn's pamphlet about London smoke pollution, Fumifugium, as a precocious example of environmental concern. This paper argues that such an interpretation is too simple. Evelyn's proposals are shown to be closely related to political allegory and the panegyrics written to welcome the newly restored Charles II. However, the paper also shows that Fumifugium was not simply a literary conceit; rather it exemplified the mid-seventeenth-century English interest in the properties of air that is visible in both the Hartlib circle and the early Royal Society
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 1995 Cambridge University Press. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2006 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2024 09:50 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:1550 |