The Cambridge History of Science
Volume 8. Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context
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- Hugh Richard Slotten, University of Otago, New Zealand
- Ronald L. Numbers, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- David N. Livingstone, Queen's University Belfast
- Date Published: May 2020
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521580816
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This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date nondisciplinary history of modern science currently available. Essays are grouped together in separate sections that represent larger regions: Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Latin America. Each of these regional groupings ends with a separate essay reflecting on the analysis in the preceding chapters. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the modern world, contributors analyze the history of science not only in local, national, and regional contexts but also with respect to the circulation of knowledge, tools, methods, people, and artifacts across national borders.
Read more- Analyzes the history of modern science during the late eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and early twenty-first centuries
- Covers the entire world, with essays on all major countries or regions
- Valuable in university courses in the history of science, technology, and medicine
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‘… volume 8 of The Cambridge History of Science may so far be the most ambitious, most general contribution to the cross-border and global history of science … The volume reviewed here marks a big step towards establishing science as another major subject of global history.’ Maximilian Georg, Connections: A Journal for Historians and Area Specialists
See more reviews'What makes this a unique survey of the history of science in the modern world is that each regional survey concludes with a careful critique by a noted specialist of what the other specialists have written, adding balance and helping readers to further appreciate the complexities of the rich material presented here … Highly recommended.’ J. W. Dauben, Choice
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- Date Published: May 2020
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521580816
- length: 870 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 163 x 53 mm
- weight: 1.38kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Notes on contributors
General editors' preface
1. Introduction Hugh Richard Slotten
Part I. Transnational, International, and Global:
2. Science and imperialism since 1870 Michael Worboys and Pratik Chakrabarti
3. The geomagnetic project: internationalism in science between the French Revolution and the Franco-Prussian war Nicolaas A. Rupke
4. International science from the Franco-Prussian war to World War Two: an era of organization Brigitte Schroeder-Gudehus
5. Internationalism in science after 1940 Ronald E. Doel
6. International science in Antarctica James Spiller
7. Missionary science John Stenhouse
8. Museums of natural history and science Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
9. National scientific surveys Hugh Richard Slotten
10. Expeditionary science Richard J. Sorrenson
Part II. National and Regional:
11. United Kingdom David E. H. Edgerton and John V. Pickstone
12. France: during the long nineteenth century Robert Fox and George Weisz
13. France: post-1914 Dominique Pestre
14. Germany Kathryn M. Olesko
15. Russia and the former USSR Loren Graham
16. Low countries Klaas van Berkel
17. Scandinavia Jole R. Shackelford
18. Italy Giuliano Pancaldi
19. Spain Lino Camprubí and Thomas F. Glick
20. Greece Efthymios Nicolaidis
21. Portugal Ana Simões and Maria Paula Diogo
22. Europe: a commentary David Cahan
23. Middle East Yakov M. Rabkin
24. India Deepak Kumar
25. Maghrib of North Africa Michael A. Osborne
26. Sub-Saharan Africa Georgina M. Montgomery, John M. MacKenzie and Libbie J. Freed
27. Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia: a commentary Hugh Richard Slotten
28. China Shellen Wu and Fa-ti Fan
29. Japan James R. Bartholomew
30. Korea Geun Bae Kim and Yung Sik Kim
31. Indochina C. Michele Thompson
32. Indonesia Jennifer Munger
33. Philippines Warwick Anderson
34. East and Southeast Asia: a commentary Morris F. Low
35. United States Ronald L. Numbers
36. Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania R. W. Home
37. Canada Suzanne E. Zeller
38. United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania: a commentary Hugh Richard Slotten
39. Spanish South America Marcos Cueto
40. Greater Caribbean: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies Stuart McCook
41. Brazil Marilia Coutinho and Simon Schwartzman
42. Latin America: a commentary Hebe Vessuri
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