Empire and science in the making : : Dutch colonial scholarship in comparative global perspective, 1760-1830 / / edited by Peter Boomgaard.
"By the dawn of the 19th century, the Netherlands had established colonies and trading posts across Asia and the rest of the world, linking them directly to international networks of intellectual exchange and production. Drawing on extensive new research, and bringing much new scholarship befor...
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Superior document: | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, New York : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2013. |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 pages). |
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Summary: | "By the dawn of the 19th century, the Netherlands had established colonies and trading posts across Asia and the rest of the world, linking them directly to international networks of intellectual exchange and production. Drawing on extensive new research, and bringing much new scholarship before English readers for the first time, this wide-ranging volume examines how knowledge was created and circulated throughout the Dutch Empire, and how these processes compared with those of the Imperial Britain, Spain, and Russia. The results are of significant interest for historians, anthropologists, geographers, scholars of the history and philosophy of science"-- |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781137334015 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9781137334022 (ebook) |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Peter Boomgaard. |