Science and empire in the nineteenth century : a journey of imperial conquest and scientific progress / edited by Catherine Delmas, Christine Vandamme and Donna Spalding Andŕeolle.
The issue at stake in this volume is the role of science as a way to fulfil a quest for knowledge, a tool in the exploration of foreign lands, a central paradigm in the discourse on and representations of otherness. The interweaving of scientific and ideological discourses is not limited to the geop...
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