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Science and empire in the nineteenth century [[electronic resource] ] : a journey of imperial conquest and scientific progress / / edited by Catherine Delmas, Christine Vandamme and Donna Spalding Andreolle



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Titolo: Science and empire in the nineteenth century [[electronic resource] ] : a journey of imperial conquest and scientific progress / / edited by Catherine Delmas, Christine Vandamme and Donna Spalding Andreolle Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
Disciplina: 325.3201
Soggetto topico: Imperialism and science
Science - Social aspects - History - 19th century
Science - History - 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: DelmasCatherine  
VandammeChristine  
AndréolleDonna Spalding  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-214) and index.
Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHARLES DOUGHTY'S QUEST AND CRUSADE IN ARABIA DESERTA; "A PERFECT MAP OF PALESTINE" (1872-1880); CARTOGRAPHY IN THE AGE OF SCIENCE; PART II; WESTERN SCIENCE, COLONISATION AND REIFICATION; THE DISCOURSE OF EMPIRICISM AND THE LEGITIMIZATION OF EMPIRE; SKELETONS IN THE CUPBOARD; SCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN EMPIRE; PART III; A "REPUBLIC OF SCIENCE"?; SCIENTIFIC RHETORIC AND THE AMERICAN EMPIRE; PART IV; THE FIRST DINOSAURS AND CHANGING MUSEUM PARADIGMS IN AMERICA; POPULAR EVOLUTIONISM AND THE ETHICS OF PROGRESS; PART V; THE EDIFYING FOLD
QUESTIONING THE EMPIRE OF SCIENCENOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: 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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ISBN: 1-283-14174-4
1-4438-2596-4
9786613141743
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464084503321
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