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The Scottish enlightenment abroad : the Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the coast of Coromandel /
In The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad , Janet Starkey examines the lives and works of Scots working in the mid eighteenth century with the Levant Company in Aleppo, then within the Ottoman Empire; and those working with the East India Company in India, especially in the fields of natural history, med...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2018]
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- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures and Tables; Prelude; Introduction; Introducing the Russells and Their Works; The Challenge of the Scottish Enlightenment Abroad; Part 1 Living the Scottish Enlightenment; Chapter 1 From Edinburgh to Aleppo; Education and Medical Training; 1735 to 1740. Alexander Russell: toward Aleppo; Conclusions; Chapter 2 With the Levant Company in Aleppo; Life with the Levant Company in Aleppo; Bazaars, Sūqs and the Khān al-Jumruk; Entertainment; Visitors; Explorers and Eccentric Travellers; Travellers en route to and from India; Leaving Aleppo.
- Chapter 3 After Aleppo1755 to 1768. Alexander Russell in London; 1772 to 1781. Patrick Russell in Edinburgh and London; Edinburgh; London; With the East India Company; 1789 Onwards. After India; Patrick's Final Years; Patrick's Death and Heritage; Conclusions; Part 2 The "Literary-Artistic": Setting the Scene; Chapter 4 Introducing Aleppo1 and Aleppo2; Enlightenment as Cultural Revolution: Books and Translations; Aleppo1; Aleppo2; Enlightenment as Image-Making: Visuality; Enlightenment as Media Revolution: Compendia, Journals and Book Reviews; Compendia; Journals and Book Reviews.
- Part 3 The Natural History of Religions, Politics and the EverydayChapter 5 Exploring the Cosmopolitan Everyday; Cosmopolitan Aleppo; Christians in Aleppo; Jews in Aleppo; Ottoman Despotism and Political Authority; Legal Balances and Aleppo's Militia; Changing European Attitudes to Religions; Chapter 6 On Sophistication and Pleasure; Food and Diet; On the Turkish harem; Coffee-Houses and Puppet Shows; Shadow Puppets as Political Commentary; Music; Fictional Realities; Conclusions; Part 4 Scientific Enlightenment and "New Medicine"; Chapter 7 Medical Practice in Ottoman Aleppo.
- Medical AuthoritiesClinical Practice; Therapeutics; Chapter 8 Pathology and Epidemics; Epidemic Diseases: Three Different Research Paths; Oca; Smallpox; Of the Plague and Contagion; The Impact of The Treatise of the Plague on Aleppo; Different Types of the Plague; Possible Causes of the Plague; Quarantine and lazarettos; Advising the Privy Council of Great Britain; Medical Arithmetic and Its Impact; Part 5 Scientific Enlightenment, Natural History and Improvements; Chapter 9 Flora and Fauna of Aleppo; Catalogues and Commentaries; Of Quadrupeds; Of Birds; Of Fishes.
- Of Reptiles and Insects, &c. Of Plants; Classifications, Buffon and Linnaeus; Local Terms and Arabic Authorities; Chapter 10 Gardens and the Trope of Romanticism; Aleppine Gardens; Georgian Gardens and Exotic Seeds; Chapter 11 Natural History in India; Fauna of the Carnatic; Fishes; Insects and Serpents; Flora of the Carnatic; Exploring and Improving materia medica in India; Experimental Crops and Useful Plants; Part 6 Curiosity, Wonder and Enlightenment; Chapter 12 Collecting: Identification and Authentication; Chaplains, Coins and Curiosities; Arabic Medical Manuscripts.