Bugs and the Victorians

Bugs and the Victorians

insects, science, and experts in nineteenth-century England

by J. F. M. Clark

2009

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This text explores how science became increasingly important in 19th century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life.

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