Relocating modern science : circulation and the construction of knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650-1900
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Relocating modern science : circulation and the construction of knowledge in South Asia and Europe, 1650-1900
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-263) and index
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Description
Relocating Modern Science challenges the belief that modern science was created uniquely in the West and was subsequently diffused elsewhere. Through a detailed analysis of key moments in the history of science, it demonstrates the crucial roles of circulation and intercultural encounter for their emergence.
Table of Contents
Introduction Surgeons, Fakirs, Merchants and Craftsmen: Making L'Empereur's Jardin in Early Modern South Asia Circulation and the Emergence of Modern Mapping: Great Britain and Early Colonial India, 1764-1820 Refashioning Civilities, Engineering Trust: William Jones, Indian Intermediaries, and the Production of Reliable Legal Knowledge in Late Eighteenth-Century Bengal British Orientalism in the Early Nineteenth Century, or Globalism versus Universalism Defusing Diffusionism: the Institutionalization of Modern Science Education in Early Nineteeth-Century Bengal When Human Travellers become Instruments: the Indo-British Exploration of Central Asia in the Nineteenth Century Conclusion Bibliography Index
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