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Title:

Imperialism and science : social impact and interaction / George N. Vlahakis ... [et al.].

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 384 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Science--History--History--19th century.
Imperialism and science.
Science and state--History--19th century.

Other Authors:

Vlahakis, George, 1962-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The British Empire and the development of science in its colonies -- Science in the French colonies -- The development of science in Portugal and colonial Latin America -- Science in the Ottoman world -- Against an empire : science in southeastern Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The birth of an empire : science in the United States during the nineteenth century -- The science of a lost empire and its internal colonies : the case of Russia -- The transmission of western chemistry into China, 1840-1900.

Series:

Science and society

ISBN:

9781851096787 (eBook)
1851096787 (eBook)
9781851096732 (acid-free paper)
1851096736 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64335850

LCCN:

2006005365

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)