German Science in the Age of Empire - Enterprise, Opportunity and the Schlagintweit Brothers

Informationen zum Autor Moritz von Brescius, Ph.D., is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Bern and Fellow of the Munich Centre for Global History, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Klappentext A path-breaking study of national, imperial and indigenous interests at stake in a controversial German expedition to British India. Zusammenfassung A study of German scientists who travelled to other nations' empires to observe! record! and collect rich materials that shaped European views of the East. This lavishly illustrated book provides a gripping account of trans-cultural overseas exploration! colonial science! and Anglo-German cooperation and conflicts in the nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: empires of opportunity; 1. Entering the company service: Anglo-German networks and the Schlagintweit mission to Asia; 2. Imperial recruitment and transnational science in India; 3. An ingenious management of patronage communities; 4. Making science in the field: a Eurasian expedition on the move; 5. The inner life of a 'European' expedition: cultural encounters and multiple hierarchies; 6. Contested exploration and the Indian Rebellion: the fateful year 1857; 7. The Schlagintweit collections, India museums, and the tensions of German museology; 8. Asymmetric reputations: memories of exploration and German colonial enterprise; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Moritz (Universitat Bern von Brescius, Moritz (Universitat Konstanz von Brescius, Moritz von Brescius, Moritz von Brescius, Moritz (Universitat Bern Von Brescius, Moritz (Universitat Konstanz Von Brescius
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781108427326
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42732-6
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Science in History; Science in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Germany, Asia, SCIENCE / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Science, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Empires & historical states, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, Geographical discovery and exploration, Historical states, empires, territories and regions