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Venomous encounters : snakes, vivisection and scientific medicine in colonial Australia /
Venomous encounters presents a radically new view of the role of science and scientific methodology in the colonies. It explores the role of snakes, snakebite and snake venom in the emerging science of 19th-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges and conflic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Venomous encounters presents a radically new view of the role of science and scientific methodology in the colonies. It explores the role of snakes, snakebite and snake venom in the emerging science of 19th-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges and conflicts and the importance of vivisection to science. |
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| Notas: | Introduction 1. Serpents and settlers: the colonial animal matrix, 1788-1840 2. Vivisection in the pub: public spectacles and plebeian expertise, 1840-80 3. Ontological conjunctions: dogs, snakes, venoms and germs, 1843-68 4. In vivo veritas: the amoral ascent of colonial vivisection, 1868-76 5. Legislators and other animals: foregrounding vivisection, 1876-95 6. Immunology and indigeneity: species, serums and localisms, 1890-1914 Conclusion Index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-192) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781526106285 1526106280 1526106272 9781526106278 1526101440 9781526101440 |