Negotiating Knowledge in Early Modern Empires

. Ed(s): Kontler, Laszlo; Romano, Antonella; Sebastiani, Silvia; Torok, Borbala Zsuzsanna

ISBN 10: 1349503339 / ISBN 13: 9781349503339

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

About this Item

This volume takes a decentered look at early modern empires and rejects the center/periphery divide. With an unconventional geographical set of cases, including the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg, Iberian, French and British empires, as well as China, contributors seize the spatial dynamics of the scientific enterprise. Editor(s): Kontler, Laszlo; Romano, Antonella; Sebastiani, Silvia; Torok, Borbala Zsuzsanna. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368. . 2014. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Negotiating Knowledge in Early Modern Empires
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349503339
• ISBN 13: 9781349503339
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume takes a decentered look at early modern empires and rejects the center/periphery divide. With an unconventional geographical set of cases, including the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg, Iberian, French and British empires, as well as China, contributors seize the spatial dynamics of the scientific enterprise.

About the Author

Gábor Almási, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies, Austria Catherine Jami, CNRS, France Stéphane Van Damme, European University Institute, Italy Marcelo Fabián Figueroa, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina Catarina Madeira-Santos, EHESS, France