Colonialism and Science - Saint Domingue and the Old Regime

Klappentext Originally published: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press! c1992. Zusammenfassung Saint Domingue (Haiti) was the world's richest colony in the eighteenth century and home to an active society of science - one of only three in the world at that time. This study of the colon raises questions about the relationship between science and society that historians of the colonial experience are grappling with today.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: James E. Mcclellan Iii, James E. Mcclellan, James E. McClellan III
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.10.2010
• EAN: 9780226514673
• ISBN: 978-0-226-51467-3
• Pages: 416
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Haiti, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SCIENCE / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, C 1700 To C 1800, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Haiti