The Alchemy of Empire : : Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism / / Rajani Sudan.
Named 'Top 6' South Asia studies publications of 2016 by the British Association for South Asian StudiesThe Alchemy of Empire unravels the non-European origins of Enlightenment science. Focusing on the abject materials of empire-building, this study traces the genealogies of substances lik...
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Sudan, Rajani, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Alchemy of Empire : Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism / Rajani Sudan. New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (232 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- introduction. Mud, Mortar, and Empire -- one. The Alchemy of Empire -- two. Mortar and the Making of Madras -- three. Ice and the Production of British Climate -- four. Inoculation and the Limits of British Imperialism -- five. "Plaisters," Paper, and the Labor of Letters -- Epilogue -- acknowledgments -- notes -- bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Named 'Top 6' South Asia studies publications of 2016 by the British Association for South Asian StudiesThe Alchemy of Empire unravels the non-European origins of Enlightenment science. Focusing on the abject materials of empire-building, this study traces the genealogies of substances like mud, mortar, ice, and paper, as well as forms of knowledge like inoculation. Showing how East India Company employees deployed the paradigm of alchemy in order to make sense of the new worlds they confronted, Rajani Sudan argues that the Enlightenment was born largely out of Europe's (and Britain's) sense of insecurity and inferiority in the early modern world. Plumbing the depths of the imperial archive, Sudan uncovers the history of the British Enlightenment in the literary artifacts of the long eighteenth century, from the correspondence of the East India Company and the papers of the Royal Society to the poetry of Alexander Pope and the novels of Jane Austen. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) HISTORY / Social History. bisacsh Alain Locke. East India Company. Matter. Substance. Technology. Trade. material culture. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110729023 print 9780823270675 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823270705 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823270705 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823270705/original |
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