Nature's Government: Science, Imperial Britain, and the 'Improvement' of the World

Nature's Government: Science, Imperial Britain, and the 'Improvement' of the World
ISBN-10
0300059760
ISBN-13
9780300059762
Category
Science
Pages
346
Language
English
Published
2000-01-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Authors
Richard Drayton, Richard Harry Drayton

Description

This daring attempt to juxtapose the histories of Britain, western science, and imperialism shows how colonial expansion, from the age of Alexander the Great to the 20th century, led to complex kinds of knowledge.

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