Technical and Scientific Training in the Construction of Empires: On the Quest of Learning Places (1) (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine)

Synopsis

This book proposes a comparative reading between formal, or non-formal, structures of learning and individual agency abilities, highlighting influences and entanglements in different geographies from multiple spheres of knowledge and practices.“Learning Places” is an expression that intends to underline the very nature of technical and scientific knowledge transmission related to the built environment transformation of imperial colonial areas. This volume proposes an approach that emphasises the crucial role of the connection between individual and institutional levels, forming a complex network of Learning Places. By comparing different case studies in fields of knowledge and transformation of the built environment—military engineering and cartography, among others—the book establishes a comparative frame of the political-scientific enterprise of empires, across geographies and times.Technical and Scientific Training in the Construction of Empires is of key interest to researchers, teachers, and students of a variety of disciplines, including the history of science and technology, architecture and urban studies, and colonial and post-colonial studies.

Copyright:

2026

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

438 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040397831

Related ISBNs:

9781003405726, 9781040397800, 9781032522449

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

07/25/25

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Alice Santiago Faria, Renata Malcher de Araujo and Margarida Tavares da Conceição

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Alice Santiago Faria

Edited by:

Renata Malcher de Araujo

Edited by:

Margarida Tavares da Conceição