Imperial Unknowns - The French and British in the Mediterranean, 1650-1750

This book offers a new approach to understanding the history of ignorance across politics, religion, history and science during the early Enlightenment.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Politics and economy: nationalizing economics; 2. Religion: empires ignoring, learning, forgetting religions; 3. History: how to cope with unconscious ignorance; 4. Science: Mediterranean empires and scientific unknowns; Conclusion; Bibliography.

About the author

Cornel Zwierlein is a Professor in the Department of History at Bochum University, Germany. He completed his Ph.D. in 2003 at the University of Munich. From 2013 to 2015 he was a Fellow at Harvard University's History Department (Henkel/EU) and in 2014 was a Fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge.

Summary

At the intersection of the history of knowledge and science, of European trade empires and the Mediterranean, this major empirical study presents a new method for understanding the history of ignorance across politics, religion, history and science during the early Enlightenment.

Product details

• Authors: Cornel Zwierlein, Zwierlein Cornel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781316617502
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61750-2
• No. of pages: 414
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; History of Ideas, France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Mediterranean countries, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700