The Alchemy of Empire : Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism
The Alchemy of Empire unravels the non-European origins of Enlightenment science. Focusing on the abject materials of empire-building, this study traces the genealogies of substances like mud, mortar, ice, and paper, and forms of knowledge like inoculation, arguing that East India Company employees...
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2016.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |