Download or read book Science and Societies in Frankfurt am Main written by Ayako Sakurai and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nineteenth century saw science move from being the preserve of a small learned elite to a dominant force which influenced society as a whole. Sakurai presents a study of how scientific societies affected the social and political life of a city. As it did not have a university or a centralized government, Frankfurt am Main is an ideal case study of how scientific associations—funded by private patronage for the good of the local populace—became an important centre for natural history.