Global Scientific Practice in an Age of Revolutions, 1750-1850
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Patrick Manning
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-27 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

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The century from 1750 to 1850 was a period of dramatic transformations in world history, fostering several types of revolutionary change beyond the political la
Global Transformations in the Life Sciences, 1945–1980
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Patrick Manning
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-06-07 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

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The second half of the twentieth century brought extraordinary transformations in knowledge and practice of the life sciences. In an era of decolonization, mass
Healers and Empires in Global History
Language: en
Pages: 279
Authors: Markku Hokkanen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-15 - Publisher: Springer

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This book explores cross-cultural medical encounters involving non-Western healers in a variety of imperial contexts from the Arctic, Asia, Africa, Americas and
Knowledge in Translation
Language: en
Pages: 383
Authors: Patrick Manning
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-19 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

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In the second millennium CE, long before English became the language of science in the twentieth century, the act of translation was crucial for understanding a
Connecting Territories
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors:
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-29 - Publisher: BRILL

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The book analyses from a comparative perspective the exploration of territories, the histories of their inhabitants, and local natural environments during the l