The increased popularity of the label "cultural" within science studies, especially in
relation to "cultural studies, " invites consideration of how it is and can be used in
historical work. A lot more seems now to be invested in the notion of "cultural history. "
This article examines some recent historiography of science as a means of considering
what counts as cultural history in that domain and attempts to coordinate it with the
sociologically informed studies of the past ten orfifteen years. The label "sociocultural"
seems a more useful term by which to capture recent developments.
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