{"product_id":"imperialism-and-science-george-n-vlahakis-9781851096732","title":"Imperialism and Science: Social Impact and Interaction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImperialism and Science\u003c\/i\u003e is 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning two centuries of scientific advance throughout the age of empire, \u003ci\u003eImperialism and Science\u003c\/i\u003e sheds 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George N. Vlahakis, Isabel Maria Coelho de Olivei Malaquias, Nathan M. Brooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1851096736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781851096732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABC-CLIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.32h x 7.12w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Bks Annual\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 558","brand":"George N. Vlahakis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074031612159,"sku":"9781851096732","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99f75c46-60c1-43b8-9dc0-d704fa2158cf.jpg?v=1685451369","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imperialism-and-science-george-n-vlahakis-9781851096732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}