Science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires, 1500-1800 / edited by Daniela Bleichmar ... [et al.].
Science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires, 1500-1800 / edited by Daniela Bleichmar ... [et al.].
Science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires, 1500-1800 / edited by Daniela Bleichmar ... [et al.].
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Publisher
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford General, c2009.
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509.03/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
vi, 427 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Reassessing the role of Iberia in early modern science. Science, medicine, and technology in colonial Spanish America : new interpretations, new approaches / David Goodman -- Portuguese imperial science, 1450-1800 : a historiographical review / Palmira Fontes da Costa and Henrique Leitao. New worlds...
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Publisher
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford General, c2009.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
c2009.
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Summary
"This collection of essays is the first book published in English to provide a thorough survey of the practices of science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires from 1500 to 1800. Authored by an interdisciplinary team of specialists from the United States, Latin America, and Europe, the book consists of fifteen original essays, as well as an Introd...
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Science in the Spanish and Portuguese empires, 1500-1800 / edited by Daniela Bleichmar ... [et al.].
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]- 417) and index.
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509.03/1
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74Vvxv005pVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvxv005pVA
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ISBN
080475358X (hbk.) :
9780804753586 (hbk.) :
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509.03
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991016696369702626
