Relocating Modern Science
Circulation and the Construction of Knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650-1900
- 298pages
- 11 heures de lecture
A challenge to the belief that modern science was created uniquely in the West and subsequently diffused elsewhere. Through a detailed analysis of knowledge construction in botany, cartography, terrestrial surveying, linguistics, education and colonial administration, Raj demonstrates the crucial role of intercultural encounter and circulation.
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