The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 8, Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context

Cambridge University Press, 4/9/2020
EAN 9780521580816, ISBN10: 0521580811

Hardcover, 870 pages, 23.1 x 16.5 x 5.1 cm
Language: English

This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to exploring the history of modern science using national, transnational, and global frames of reference. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date nondisciplinary history of modern science currently available. Essays are grouped together in separate sections that represent larger regions: Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, and Latin America. Each of these regional groupings ends with a separate essay reflecting on the analysis in the preceding chapters. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the modern world, contributors analyze the history of science not only in local, national, and regional contexts but also with respect to the circulation of knowledge, tools, methods, people, and artifacts across national borders.

Notes on contributors
General editors' preface
1. Introduction Hugh Richard Slotten
Part I. Transnational, International, and Global
2. Science and imperialism since 1870 Michael Worboys and Pratik Chakrabarti
3. The geomagnetic project
internationalism in science between the French Revolution and the Franco-Prussian war Nicolaas A. Rupke
4. International science from the Franco-Prussian war to World War Two
an era of organization Brigitte Schroeder-Gudehus
5. Internationalism in science after 1940 Ronald E. Doel
6. International science in Antarctica James Spiller
7. Missionary science John Stenhouse
8. Museums of natural history and science Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
9. National scientific surveys Hugh Richard Slotten
10. Expeditionary science Richard J. Sorrenson
Part II. National and Regional
11. United Kingdom David E. H. Edgerton and John V. Pickstone
12. France
during the long nineteenth century Robert Fox and George Weisz
13. France
post-1914 Dominique Pestre
14. Germany Kathryn M. Olesko
15. Russia and the former USSR Loren Graham
16. Low countries Klaas van Berkel
17. Scandinavia Jole R. Shackelford
18. Italy Giuliano Pancaldi
19. Spain Lino Camprubí and Thomas F. Glick
20. Greece Efthymios Nicolaidis
21. Portugal Ana Simões and Maria Paula Diogo
22. Europe
a commentary David Cahan
23. Middle East Yakov M. Rabkin
24. India Deepak Kumar
25. Maghrib of North Africa Michael A. Osborne
26. Sub-Saharan Africa Georgina M. Montgomery, John M. MacKenzie and Libbie J. Freed
27. Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
a commentary Hugh Richard Slotten
28. China Shellen Wu and Fa-ti Fan
29. Japan James R. Bartholomew
30. Korea Geun Bae Kim and Yung Sik Kim
31. Indochina C. Michele Thompson
32. Indonesia Jennifer Munger
33. Philippines Warwick Anderson
34. East and Southeast Asia
a commentary Morris F. Low
35. United States Ronald L. Numbers
36. Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania R. W. Home
37. Canada Suzanne E. Zeller
38. United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
a commentary Hugh Richard Slotten
39. Spanish South America Marcos Cueto
40. Greater Caribbean
Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies Stuart McCook
41. Brazil Marilia Coutinho and Simon Schwartzman
42. Latin America
a commentary Hebe Vessuri
Index.