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SUMMARY:Seeing with words: tours\, surveys and agricultural improvement in
  Britain\, c.1770–c.1820 - Simon Nightingale (Visiting Scholar\, Departm
 ent of History and Philosophy of Science)
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DESCRIPTION:Early in his career\, Arthur Young (1741-1820) set out on a se
 ries of tours through England\, Wales and Ireland. His aim\, as outlined i
 n the preface to his _Six Weeks Tour Through the Southern Counties_ of 176
 8 was 'to display to one part of the kingdom the practice of the other\, t
 o remark wherein such practice is hurtful\, and wherein it is commendable.
  To draw forth such spirited examples of good husbandry from obscurity and
  display them the proper objects of imitation.' Despite this professedly p
 ractical aim\, however\, Young's published _Tours_ were not limited to agr
 icultural observations. They offered description and opinion on a range of
  seemingly unrelated issues as scenic beauty\, architecture\, the art work
 s of country houses and garden design. This paper explores the ways in whi
 ch the seemingly disparate objects of 'beauty' and 'utility' were related 
 and suggests that the useful were more closely connected\, at both a polit
 ical and an epistemological level\, than has been commonly assumed.\n\n* "
 Views of the landscape":http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/views-of-
 the-landscape
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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