An edition of Visions of the future (1996)

Visions of the future

almanacs, time, and cultural change, 1775-1870

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An edition of Visions of the future (1996)

Visions of the future

almanacs, time, and cultural change, 1775-1870

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Historians have long puzzled over the 'death' of astrology at the end of the seventeenth century. Visions of the Future demonstrates that astrology was alive and well for much of the nineteenth century, finding expression in one of the best-selling items of popular literature, the almanac.

It examines the contents of the most notorious almanacs, such as Moore's and Poor Robin, publications which provide a colourful entry into popular culture and which suggest that a belief in the possibility of seeing the future was widespread.

The book goes on to discuss why all claims to predict the future, including those of astrology, became categorized as 'superstition'. It argues that this development was linked to two major cultural changes: the rise of statistical discourse and the dominance of Newtonian time. Statistical forecasting achieved the status of a 'science' at the same time as 'visions' of the future were being marginalized.

This examination of the substitution of one type of knowledge for another makes an important contribution to our understanding of the interaction between different levels of culture during a period when the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' cultures were becoming increasingly impassable.

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270

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Visions of the future: almanacs, time, and cultural change, 1775-1870
1996, Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-264) and index.

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Oxford, New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
032.02
Library of Congress
AY30 .P47 1996, AY30.P47 1996

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viii, 270 p. :
Number of pages
270

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OL979557M
ISBN 10
0198121784
LCCN
96016985
OCLC/WorldCat
34545970
Library Thing
5574159
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1866954

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