The colonial machine
James E. McClellan III · 2011
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About the book
Some of the contents: Introduction: The big-picture background to this study / Historiographical background / Metaphors and reality / Utility as the driving force / Expertise, careers, and Wanderlust / Concluding introductory remarks; Prologue / The colonial machine, 1789; Part I - The metropolitan wheels & gears of a colonial scientific bureaucracy: The sponsoring authorities / the royal navy-la marine royale / the Académie royal des sciences / The jardin du roi and metropolitian botanical gardens / The observatoire royal / The Académie royale de marine at Brest / The société royale de médecine / The Académie royale de chirurgie.
Book details
- Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Series
- De diversis artibus -- t. 87 (n.s. 50)
- Publisher
- Brepols
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 694
- ISBN
- 9782503532608
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