Science, culture, and modern state formation / Patrick Carroll.

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2006], ©2006.

xiii, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Science, culture, and modern state formation : theory and analysis -- Understanding engine science : Sir Robert Boyle and the new experimentalism -- Engineering culture and the civilizing mission : William Petty and the new science in Ireland -- Engineering the data state : scopes, meters, and graphs -- Bio-population : the science of policing natural and political bodies -- Engineering Ireland : the material designs of modern statecraft.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-259) and index.