Imperialism And Science: Social Impact And Interaction (science And Society) [Hardcover]

A unique resource that synthesizes existing primary and secondary sources to provide a fascinating introduction to the development and dissemination of science within history's great empires, as well as the complex interaction between imperialism and scientific progress over two centuries.

Imperialism and Scienceis a scholarly yet accessible chronicle of the impact of imperialism on science over the past 200 years, from the effect of Catholicism on scientific progress in Latin America to the importance of U.S. government funding of scientific research to America's preeminent place in the world.

Spanning two centuries of scientific advance throughout the age of empire,Imperialism and Sciencesheds new light on the spread of scientific thought throughout the former colonial world. Science made enormous advances during this period, often being associated with anti-Imperialist struggle or, as in the case of the science brought to 19th-century China and India by the British, with Western cultural hegemony.

George N. Vlahakis, PhD, is fellow researcher at the Institute of Neohellenic Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, Greece and teaches history of Greek philosophy and science at the Greek Open University, Patra, Greece. His published works includeHistory and Philosophy of Sciences in the Greek-Speaking Lands.

Isabel Maria Malaquiasteaches history of physics in the Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

Nathan M. Brooksis associate professor in the Department of History, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Fran?ois Regourdis Ma?tre de Conf?rences in modern history at the University of Paris XNanterre, Paris, France.

Feza Gunergunis professor of history of science at Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

David Wright, PhD, teaches chemistry at Kendrick School in Reading, UK.