Beyond Science and Empire by Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva, T... - 9781032553658

Beyond Science and EmpireCirculation of Knowledge in an Age of Global Empires, 17501945\nAuthor(s): Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva, Thoms A. S. Haddad, Kapil Raj\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032553658, 978-1032553658\nSynopsis\nThrough 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.\n\nIn 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 empire 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 demonstr.