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N/A - Science and Empire: Knowledge and Networks of Science across the British Empire, 1800-1970 (Britain and the World) - 9780230252288 - V9780230252288
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Science and Empire: Knowledge and Networks of Science across the British Empire, 1800-1970 (Britain and the World)

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Description for Science and Empire: Knowledge and Networks of Science across the British Empire, 1800-1970 (Britain and the World) Hardcover. Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists. Editor(s): Bennett, Brett M.; Hodge, Joseph M. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Britain and the World
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230252288
SKU
V9780230252288
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About N/A
GREGORY BARTON Permanent Research Fellow in Environmental History, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia BRETT M. BENNETT Lecturer in Modern History, the University of Western Sydney, Australia SABINE CLARKE Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK MATTHEW M. HEATON Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, ... Read more

Reviews for Science and Empire: Knowledge and Networks of Science across the British Empire, 1800-1970 (Britain and the World)
“This fine volume edited by Brett M. Bennett and Joseph M. Hodge does much to make a strong case for the utility of placing empire within broader history of science studies contexts. It also provides an extremely useful set of readings suitable for anyone with interests in empire, as well as an excellent source for any course exploring science and ... Read more

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