Science and empire in the atlantic world
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415961264
Date de publication :
16 nov. 2007
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
870 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Examines the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. This book captures the multiplicity of practices, people, languages, and agendas that characterized the traffic in knowledge around the Atlantic world, linking this knowledge to the social processes fundamental to colonialism.