Science and empire in the nineteenth century a journey of imperial conquest and scientific progress /
The issue at stake in this volume is the role of science as a way to fulfil a quest for knowledge, a tool in the exploration of foreign lands, a central paradigm in the discourse on and representations of otherness. The interweaving of scientific and ideological discourses is not limited to the geop...
| Други автори: | Delmas, Catherine., Vandamme, Christine., Andreolle, Donna Spalding. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=532271 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Science and empire in the nineteenth century. |
| Резюме: |
The issue at stake in this volume is the role of science as a way to fulfil a quest for knowledge, a tool in the exploration of foreign lands, a central paradigm in the discourse on and representations of otherness. The interweaving of scientific and ideological discourses is not limited to the geopolitical frame of the British empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries but extends to the rise of the American empire as well. The fields of research tackled are human and social scie ... |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvii, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781443825962 1443825964 1283141744 9781283141741 |