Osiris – Science, Technology and National Identity V24: National Identity: The Role of Science and Technology: 24 - Softcover

Harrison, Carol E.

 
9780226317786: Osiris – Science, Technology and National Identity V24: National Identity: The Role of Science and Technology: 24
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0226317781 ISBN 13: 9780226317786
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2009

Synopsis

This latest volume of Osiris, "Science, Technology, and National Identity," explores the ways in which modern science and the nation-state have interacted since the Enlightenment. The contributors argue for the formative role of science and technology in the creation of national identity, and with examples drawn from Eastern and Western nation-states, they argue that possession of scientific and technological resources is a marker of national character: the first states to develop this power nexus of science, technology, and bureaucracy went on to become globally dominant and widely imitated. This volume traces the significance of this relationship from its beginnings in the West to its dissemination into the postcolonial world.

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About the Author

Carol E. Harrison is associate professor of history at the University of South Carolina. Ann Johnson is assistant professor of history at the University of South Carolina.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226317781
ISBN 13 
9780226317786
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
350