ISBN:
9781443825962
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1443825964
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (xvii, 220 p.)
,
ill.
Paralleltitel:
Print version Science and empire in the nineteenth century
DDC:
325.3201
Schlagwort(e):
Science Social aspects
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History
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19th century
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Science History
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19th century
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Imperialism and science
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Science History 19th century
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Science Social aspects 19th century
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History
;
Imperialism and science
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Science History 19th century
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Science Social aspects 19th century
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History
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Social & cultural history
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Colonialism & imperialism
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Impact of science & technology on society
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
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Imperialism and science
;
Science
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Science ; Social aspects
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Fremdbild
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Imperialismus
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Wissenschaftsgeschichtsschreibung
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History
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Electronic books Electronic books
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History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Kurzfassung:
Pt. 1. Space and structures of power - Charles Doughty's quest and crusade in Arabia deserta / Catherine Delmas - 'A perfect map of Palestine' (1872-1880) : biblical geography, intelligence and prophecy / Stéphanie Prévost - Cartography in the age of science : the mapping of Ireland in the nineteenth century / Valérie Morisson - pt. 2. Classifying plant and human species - Western science, colonisation and reification : a case study of the utilitarian use of botany in David Malouf's Remembering Babylon / Christine Vandamme - The discourse of empiricism and the legitimization of empire / Anne Le Guellec - Skeletons in the cupboard : imperial science and the collection and museumization of indigenous remains / Sheila Collingwood-Whittick - Science and the American empire : the American school of anthropology and the justification of expansionism / Donna Spalding Andréolle and Susanne Berthier Foglar - pt. 3. Science and political discourse - A 'republic of science'? The role of science in Thomas Jefferson's imperial vision / Mehdi Achouche - Scientific rhetoric and the American empire / Jean-Marie Ruiz - pt. 4. Popularising science - The first dinosaurs and changing museum paradigms in America / Mark Meigs - Popular evolutionism and the ethics of progress / Richard Somerset - pt. 5. Science and spirituality - The edifying fold : discomfort with technology in the Jesuits' Letters from America / Frédéric Dorel - Questioning the empire of science : John Muir's epistemological modesty / Jean-Daniel Collomb
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Pt. 1. Space and structures of power - Charles Doughty's quest and crusade in Arabia deserta / Catherine Delmas - 'A perfect map of Palestine' (1872-1880) : biblical geography, intelligence and prophecy / Stéphanie Prévost - Cartography in the age of science : the mapping of Ireland in the nineteenth century / Valérie Morisson - pt. 2. Classifying plant and human species - Western science, colonisation and reification : a case study of the utilitarian use of botany in David Malouf's Remembering Babylon / Christine Vandamme - The discourse of empiricism and the legitimization of empire / Anne Le Guellec - Skeletons in the cupboard : imperial science and the collection and museumization of indigenous remains / Sheila Collingwood-Whittick - Science and the American empire : the American school of anthropology and the justification of expansionism / Donna Spalding Andréolle and Susanne Berthier Foglar - pt. 3. Science and political discourse - A 'republic of science'? The role of science in Thomas Jefferson's imperial vision / Mehdi Achouche - Scientific rhetoric and the American empire / Jean-Marie Ruiz - pt. 4. Popularising science - The first dinosaurs and changing museum paradigms in America / Mark Meigs - Popular evolutionism and the ethics of progress / Richard Somerset - pt. 5. Science and spirituality - The edifying fold : discomfort with technology in the Jesuits' Letters from America / Frédéric Dorel - Questioning the empire of science : John Muir's epistemological modesty / Jean-Daniel Collomb.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203-214]) and index. - Description based on print version record
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