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Science and Empire

Science and Empire Knowledge and Networks of Science Across the British Empire, 1800-1970 - Britain and the World

1st Edition 2011

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Publisher's Synopsis

Offering one of the first analyses of how networks of science interacted within the British Empire during the past two centuries, this volume shows how the rise of formalized state networks of science in the mid nineteenth-century led to a constant tension between administrators and scientists.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781349321902
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition 2011
Language: English
Number of pages: 346
Weight: 468g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 19mm