Beyond Science and Empire: Circulation of Knowledge in an Age of Global Empires, 1750–1945 (Empire and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-2000)

By: Kapil Raj and da Silva, Matheus Alves Duarte and Haddad, Thomás A. S.

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Synopsis: Through ten case studies by international specialists, this book investigates the circulation and production of scientific knowledge between 1750 and 1945 in the fields of agriculture, astronomy, botany, cartography, medicine, statistics, and zoology. In this period, most of the world was under some form of imperial control, while science emerged as a discrete field of activity. What was the relationship between empires and science? Was science just an instrument for imperial domination? While such guiding questions place the book in the tradition of science and empire studies, it offers a fresh perspective in dialogue with global history and circulatory approaches. The book demonstrates, not by theoretical discourse, but through detailed historical case studies, that the adoption of a global scale of analysis or an emphasis on circulatory processes do not entail analytical vagueness, diffusionism in disguise, or complacency with imperialism. The chapters show scientific knowledge emerging from the actions of little-known individuals moving across several Empires—European, Asian, and South American alike—in unanticipated places and institutions, and through complex processes of exchange, competition, collaboration, and circulation of knowledge. The book will interest scholars and undergraduate and graduate students concerned with the connections between the history of science, imperial history, and global history.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781000929089
Related ISBNs:: 9780367814540, 9781032553658, 9780367410728
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/23/23
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva, Thomás A. S. Haddad, and Kapil Raj, individual chapters, the contributors
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva
Edited by:: Thomás A. Haddad
Edited by:: Kapil Raj