Venomous encounters : Snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia / / Peter Hobbins
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| Autore: |
Hobbins Peter
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| Titolo: |
Venomous encounters : Snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia / / Peter Hobbins
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 |
| ©2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages) : Illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 615.942 |
| Soggetto topico: | Vivisection - Australie - History |
| Venom - Australia - History | |
| Poisonous snakes - Venom - Australia - History | |
| Vivisection - Australia - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Australie Histoire 1788-1900 |
| Australia History 1788-1900 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Livres numeriques. |
| Electronic books. | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | ThompsonAndrew |
| Note generali: | Introduction 1. Serpents and settlers: the colonial animal matrix, 1788-1840 2. Vivisection in the pub: public spectacles and plebeian expertise, 1840-80 3. Ontological conjunctions: dogs, snakes, venoms and germs, 1843-68 4. In vivo veritas: the amoral ascent of colonial vivisection, 1868-76 5. Legislators and other animals: foregrounding vivisection, 1876-95 6. Immunologyand indigeneity: species, serums and localisms, 1890-1914 Conclusion Index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Studies in imperialism; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Serpents and settlers: the colonial animal matrix, 1788-1840; 2 Vivisection in the pub: public spectacles and plebeian expertise, 1840-80; 3 Ontological conjunctions: dogs, snakes, venoms and germs, 1840-68; 4 In vivo veritas: the amoral ascent of colonial vivisection, 1868-76; 5 Legislators and other animals: foregrounding vivisection, 1876-95; 6 Immunology and indigeneity: species, serums and localisms, 1890-1914;Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Venomous encounters presents a radically new view of the role of science and scientific methodology in the colonies. It explores the role of snakes, snakebite and snake venom in the emerging science of 19th-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges andconflicts and the importance of vivisection to science. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Venomous encounters |
| ISBN: | 1-5261-0628-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910480331803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Studies in imperialism.