Science and Empire: Knowledge and Networks of Science Across the British Empire, 1800-1970 (Britain and the World)
Language: English
Published by Palgrave, 2011
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2011 Palgrave hardcover edition. Ex library copy with stamps and labels else good condition. Contents: 1 'Science and Empire: An Overview of the Historical Scholarship' by Joseph M. Hodge, 2 'The Consolidation and Reconfiguration of 'British' Networks of Science, 1800-1970' by Brett M. Bennett, 3 'Science and the British Empire from its Beginnings to 1850' by John Gascoigne, 4 'A Network Approach to the Origins of Forestry Education in India, 1855-1885' by Brett M. Bennett, 5 'Anatomy of Reception: Science, Nation and Religion in Hindi-Language Print Media of Colonial South Asia' by Rajive Tiwari, 6 'A Science of Our Own': Nineteenth Century Exhibitions, Australians and the History of Science' by Peter H. Hoffenberg, 7 'Between the Nation and the World: J.T. Wilson and Scientific Networks in the Early Twentieth Century' by Tamson Pietsch, 8 'Albert Howard and the Decolonization of Science: From the Raj to Organic Farming' by Gregory A. Barton, 9 'The Chance to Send 'Their First Class Men Out to the Colonies': The Making of the Colonial Research Service' by Sabine Clarke, 10 'The Hybridity of Colonial Knowledge: British Tropical Agricultural Science and African Farming Practices at the End of Empire' by Joseph M. Hodge, 11 'The Science of Decolonization: The Retention of 'Environmental Authority' in the Contest for Antarctic Sovereignty between Britain, Argentina, and Chile, 1939-59' by Adrian Howkins, 12 'Unexploited Assets: Imperial Imagination, Practical Limitations, and Marine Fisheries Research in East Africa, 1917-53' by Christian Jennings, 13 'Thomas Adeoye Lambo and the Decolonization of Psychiatry in Nigeria' by Matthew M. Heaton, 14 'The Reconfiguration of Scientific Career Networks in the Late Colonial Period: The Case of the Food and Agriculture Organization and the British Colonial Forestry Service' by Jennifer Gold.…
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- Title
- Science and Empire: Knowledge and Networks of Science Across the British Empire, 1800-1970 (Britain and the World)
- Author
- Adrian Howkins, Brett M. Bennett, Christian Jennings, Gregory A. Barton, Jennifer Gold, John Gascoigne, Joseph M. Hodge, Matthew M. Heaton, Michael Worboys, Peter H. Hoffenberg, Rajive Tiwari, Sabine Clarke, and Tamson Pietsch.
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0230252281
- ISBN 13
- 9780230252288
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