Science and Empire in the Atlantic World

by James Delbourgo

Book Overview

Science and Empire in the Atlantic World is the first book in the growing field of Atlantic Studies to examine the production of scientific knowledge in the Atlantic world from a comparative and international perspective. Rather than focusing on a specific scientific field or single national context, this collection captures the multiplicity of practices, people, languages, and agendas that characterized the traffic in knowledge around the Atlantic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415961270
• ISBN13: 9780415961271
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"